2024 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works entered the public domain in 2024. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Hans Aanrud

| {{flag|Norway}}

| {{dts|1863|09|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Tamar Abakelia

| {{flag|Georgia}}

| {{dts|1905|08|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|14|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1872|04|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|10|format=dmy}}

| Translator

| The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary

Dimitri Arakishvili

| {{flag|Georgia}}

| {{dts|1873|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|08|13|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| The Legend of Shota Rustaveli

Agustín Abarca

| {{flag|Chile}}

| {{dts|1882|12|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|28|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Walter Armitage

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1906|06|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|22|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

Vladimir Bakaleinikov

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1885|10|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|05|format=dmy}}

| Composer, conductor

Rudolf Bauer

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1889|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|28|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Arnold Bax

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1883|11|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|03|format=dmy}}

| Composer, writer

| List of compositions by Arnold Bax

Harmsen van der Beek

| {{flag|The Netherlands}}

| {{dts|1897|10|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|07|24|format=dmy}}

| Illustrator, commercial artist

| Noddy

Hilaire Belloc

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1870|07|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|07|16|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Hilaire Belloc bibliography

Róbert Berény

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1887|03|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|09|10|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Sleeping Lady with Black Vase

Henri Bernstein

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1876|06|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|27|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| Samson, Mélo

Elsa Beskow

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1874|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|30|format=dmy}}

| Writer, illustrator

Ugo Betti

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1892|02|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|09|format=dmy}}

| Playwright, judge

| The Fugitive

Henrik Bull

| {{flag|Norway}}

| {{dts|1864|03|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|02|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| National Theatre

Ivan Bunin

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1892|02|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| List of short stories by Ivan Bunin, List of poems by Ivan Bunin

John Horne Burns

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1916|10|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|08|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Gallery

Rosario Candela

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1890|03|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|03|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| 740 Park Avenue

Harold Cazneaux

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1878|03|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|19|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

| Cazneaux Tree

Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla

| {{flag|Pakistan}}

| {{dts|1902|05|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|05|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| "Qaumi Taranah"

Albert Coates

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1882|04|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|11|format=dmy}}

| Composer, conductor

Ruth Crawford Seeger

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1901|07|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|18|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| String Quartet 1931

Peter DeRose

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1896|03|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|04|23|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| "Deep Purple"

Raoul Dufy

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1877|06|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|03|23|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Edmund Dulac

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1882|10|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|25|format=dmy}}

| Illustrator

Jean Epstein

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1897|03|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|04|02|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| The Fall of the House of Usher

Georges Le Faure

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1856|06|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Emil Filla

| {{flag|Czech Republic}}

| {{dts|1882|04|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|07|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1905|01|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|06|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Skumbrie w tomacie

Albert Gleizes

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1881|12|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|23|format=dmy}}

| Painter, writer

| List of works by Albert Gleizes

Milt Gross

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1895|03|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|29|format=dmy}}

| Cartoonist

Guccio Gucci

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1881|03|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|02|format=dmy}}

| Fashion designer

Sophia Hayden

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1868|10|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|03|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| The Woman's Building

Mary Brewster Hazelton

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1868|11|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|09|13|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| {{flag|Czech Republic}}

| {{dts|1914|09|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|04|format=dmy}}

| Photographer, writer and surrealist artist

Cecil Hepworth

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1874|03|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|09|format=dmy}}

| Film director, producer

| Alice in Wonderland (1903 film)

Tatsuo Hori

| {{flag|Japan}}

| {{dts|1904|12|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|28|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Wind Has Risen

Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa

| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}

| {{dts|1875|12|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|18|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Art as a factor in the soul's evolution

Joseph Jongen

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{dts|1873|12|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|07|12|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Mass, Op. 130

Emmerich Kálmán

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1882|10|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|30|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Die Csárdásfürstin, Countess Maritza, Die Zirkusprinzessin

Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1883|08|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|09|17|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Fritz Kirchhoff

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1901|12|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|25|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| Attack on Baku

Moïse Kisling

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1891|01|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|04|29|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Eduard Künneke

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1885|01|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|27|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| The Cousin from Nowhere

Elisabeth Kuyper

| {{flag|The Netherlands}}

| {{dts|1877|09|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Jorge de Lima

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1893|04|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|15|format=dmy}}

| Politician, writer

Will Longstaff

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1879|12|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|07|01|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Menin Gate at Midnight

Oskar Luts

| {{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1887|01|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|03|23|format=dmy}}

| Writer, playwright

Kornel Makuszyński

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1884|01|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|07|31|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Koziołek Matołek

Herman J. Mankiewicz

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1897|11|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Screenwriter

| Citizen Kane

Emmanuel de Margerie

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1862|11|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|20|format=dmy}}

| Geographer

John Marin

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1870|12|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|02|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Daniel Gregory Mason

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1873|11|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|04|format=dmy}}

| Composer, music critic

Erich Mendelsohn

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1887|03|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|09|15|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| List of works by Erich Mendelsohn

Moses Milner

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1886|12|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|25|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Mime Misu

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1886|12|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|25|format=dmy}}

| Dancer, film director

| In Nacht und Eis, Das Mirakel

Vera Mukhina

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1889|07|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|06|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor, painter

| Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

Sulaiman Nadvi

| {{flag|Pakistan}}

| {{dts|1884|11|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Khutbat-e-madras

Ibrahim Nagi

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| {{dts|1889|07|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|06|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| "Al-Atlal"

Francesco Saverio Nitti

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1868|07|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|20|format=dmy}}

| Politician

Hisato Ohzawa

| {{flag|Japan}}

| {{dts|1907|08|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|28|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Piano Concerto No. 3

Eugene O'Neill

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1888|10|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|27|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| Long Day's Journey into Night

Francis Picabia

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1879|01|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|30|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| List of works by Francis Picabia

Joseph Pinchon

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1871|04|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|20|format=dmy}}

| Illustrator

| Bécassine

Uroš Predić

| {{flag|Serbia}}

| {{dts|1857|12|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|12|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Happy Brothers

Alice Prin

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1879|01|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|30|format=dmy}}

| Model, painter, writer

| Kiki's Memoirs

Sergei Prokofiev

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1891|04|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Composer, conductor

| List of compositions by Sergei Prokofiev

Vsevolod Pudovkin

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1893|02|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|30|format=dmy}}

| Film director, screenwriter

Roger Quilter

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1877|11|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|09|21|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Arnold Book of Old Songs

Rachilde

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1860|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|04|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Monsieur Vénus

Graciliano Ramos

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1892|10|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|03|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer, translator

| Vidas secas

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1896|08|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|14|format=dmy}}

| Author

| The Yearling

Django Reinhardt

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1910|01|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|16|format=dmy}}

| Composer, musician

Winold Reiss

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|09|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|08|23|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Winold Reiss industrial murals

Pasquale Rizzoli

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1871|04|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|30|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

Ludomir Różycki

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1883|09|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|01|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Max Sainsaulieu

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1870|07|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|21|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Carnegie Library of Reims

Rudolph Schindler

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1887|09|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|08|22|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Schindler House

Edward Shanks

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1892|06|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Fête Galante

Everett Shinn

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1876|11|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|01|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Joseph Stalin

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1879|12|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1885|12|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|05|31|format=dmy}}

| Painter, architect

| Tatlin's Tower

Neyzen Tevfik

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1879|03|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|28|format=dmy}}

| Poet, satirist

Jérôme Tharaud

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1874|05|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|28|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Dylan Thomas

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1914|10|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|11|09|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| List of works by Dylan Thomas

Totius

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1877|02|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|07|01|format=dmy}}

| Poet

Julian Tuwim

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1894|09|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|12|27|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| "Murzynek Bambo"

Jules Van Nuffel

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{dts|1883|03|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|25|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| In convertendo Dominus

Bernard Carra de Vaux

| {{flag|France}}

| 1867

| 1953

| Orientalist

Vydūnas

| {{flag|Lithuania}}

| {{dts|1868|03|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|20|format=dmy}}

| Poet

Erich Weinert

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1890|08|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|04|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| "Der heimliche Aufmarsch"

Ben Ames Williams

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1889|03|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Unconquered

Hank Williams

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1923|09|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|01|01|format=dmy}}

| Musician

| List of songs written by Hank Williams

Arthur Wimperis

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1874|12|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|14|format=dmy}}

| Lyricist, screenwriter

| The Arcadians, Mrs. Miniver

Friedrich Wolf

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1888|12|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|10|05|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Professor Mamlock

Xu Beihong

| {{flag|China}}

| {{dts|1895|07|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|09|26|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Vsevolod Zaderatsky

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1891|12|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|02|01|format=dmy}}

| Composer

John Stepan Zamecnik

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1872|05|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1953|06|13|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Countries with life + 60 years

In Bangladesh, India, Haiti and Venezuela, a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Babu Gulabrai

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1888|01|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|04|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Enrique Pérez Arce

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1989|01|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|06|25|format=dmy}}

| Politician, writer

|La Tambora

Nâzım Hikmet

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1902|01|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|06|03|format=dmy}}

| Poet

|Kız Çocuğu

Amar Nath Kak

| {{flag|India}}

| 1889

| 1963

| Writer

Georges Braque

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1882|5|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|8|31|format=dmy}}

| Painter, sculptor

Rajendra Prasad

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1893|12|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|02|28|format=dmy}}

| Politician, writer

Acharya Shivpujan Sahay

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1893|08|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|01|21|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Laxminarayan Sahu

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1890|10|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|01|18|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Rahul Sankrityayan

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1893|04|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|04|14|format=dmy}}

| Activist, writer

Anasuya Shankar

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1928|09|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|07|29|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Hemendra Kumar Roy

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1888|09|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1963|04|18|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Laudelino Mejías

| {{flag|Venezuela}}

| August 1893

| {{dts|1963|11|30|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia and New Zealand, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Aziz Abaza

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| {{dts|1898|08|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|07|11|format=dmy}}

| Poet, politician

Zainal Abidin Ahmad

| {{flag|Malaysia}}

| {{dts|1895|09|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|10|23|format=dmy}}

| Writer, linguist

W. H. Auden

| {{flag|Great Britain}}

| {{dts|1907|02|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|09|29|format=dmy}}

| Poet

Malek Bennabi

| {{flag|Algeria}}

| {{dts|1905|01|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|10|31|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| Les Conditions de la Renaissance

Charles Brasch

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1909|07|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|05|20|format=dmy}}

| Poet, editor

| Landfall

Elizabeth Bowen

| {{flag|Ireland}}
{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1899|06|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|02|22|format=dmy}}

| Biologist

Pearl S. Buck

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892|06|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|03|06|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| The Good Earth

Amílcar Cabral

| {{flag|Cape Verde}}
{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}

| {{dts|1924|09|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|01|20|format=dmy}}

| Activist

| Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada

Noël Coward

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1899|12|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|03|26|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| Noël Coward on stage and screen

John Creasey

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1908|09|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|06|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Gideon's Day

Jim Croce

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1943|01|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|09|20|format=dmy}}

| Musician

Bobby Darin

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1936|05|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|12|20|format=dmy}}

| Musician

Henry Darger

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892|04|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|04|13|format=dmy}}

| Novelist, artist

| In the Realms of the Unreal

Arthur Freed

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1894|09|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|04|12|format=dmy}}

| Lyricist, film producer

| Singin' in the Rain

John Ford

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1894|02|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|08|04|format=dmy}}

| Director

| John Ford filmography

Ragnar Frisch

| {{flag|Norway}}

| {{dts|1895|03|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|01|31|format=dmy}}

| Economist

Anthony Gilbert

| {{flag|Great Britain}}

| {{dts|1899|02|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|12|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Vanishing Corpse

Elisabeth Hauptmann

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1897|06|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|04|20|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| The Threepenny Opera (with Bertolt Brecht)

Taha Hussein

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| {{dts|1898|08|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|07|11|format=dmy}}

| Poet, politician

| The Days

Lyndon B. Johnson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1908|08|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|01|22|format=dmy}}

| Politician

Raymonde de Kervern

| {{flag|Mauritius}}

| 1898 or 1899

| 1973

| Poet

Bruce Lee

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1940|11|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|07|20|format=dmy}}

| Martial artist

| Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Kathleen Lindsay

| {{flag|Great Britain}}

| 1903

| 1973

| Writer

Gian Francesco Malipiero

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1882|03|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|08|01|format=dmy}}

| Composer, musicologist

| L'Orfeide

Cornelia Meigs

| {{flag|United States}}

| 1884

| 1973

| Childrens writer

| The Windy Hill

Nancy Mitford

| {{flag|Great Britain}}

| {{dts|1904|11|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|06|30|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Pursuit of Love

Pablo Neruda

| {{flag|Chile}}

| {{dts|1904|07|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|09|23|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Canto General, Oda al Gato

Robert C. O'Brien

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1918|01|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Z for Zachariah

Kid Ory

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|12|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|01|23|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Red Allen, Kid Ory & Jack Teagarden at Newport

Gram Parsons

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1946|11|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|09|19|format=dmy}}

| Musician

Isabel Peacocke

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1881|01|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|10|12|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Cathleen with a 'C'

Pablo Picasso

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1881|10|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|04|08|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Guernica, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Pixinguinha

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1897|04|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|02|17|format=dmy}}

| Composer

William Plomer

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1903|12|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|09|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Andy Razaf

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1895|12|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|02|03|format=dmy}}

| Lyricist

| Ain't Misbehavin'

Gopal Prasad Rimal

| {{flag|Nepal}}

| {{dts|1917|05|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|10|24|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Jangi Nishan Hamro

Ivan T. Sanderson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1891|01|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|02|19|format=dmy}}

| Biologist

Nigoghos Sarafian

| {{flag|France}}

| 1902

| 1972

| Poet

| {{flag|Mauritania}} {{flag|KSA}}

| {{dts|1905|02|17|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1973|01|10|format=dmy}}

| Muslim scolar

| Works

Allan Sherman

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1924|11|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|11|20|format=dmy}}

| Comedian

| "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)"

Ousmane Diop Socé

| {{flag|Senegal}}

| {{dts|1911|10|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|10|27|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Contes et légendes d'Afrique noire

Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade

| {{flag|Somalia}}

| 1920

| {{dts|1973|02|06|format=dmy}}

| Poet

Bhim Nidhi Tiwari

| {{flag|Nepal}}

| 1911

| 1973

| Poet

| Dagbatti

J. R. R. Tolkien

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1892|01|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|09|02|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography

Valentin Tomberg

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}

| {{dts|1900|02|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|02|24|format=dmy}}

| Mystic

| Meditations on the Tarot

Âşık Veysel

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1894|10|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|03|21|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Alan Watts

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1915|01|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1973|11|16|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| Alan Watts bibliography

Countries with life + 80 years

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

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!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Carlos Arniches

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1866|10|11|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1943|04|16|format=dmy}}

|Playwright

Carmen Karr

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1865|03|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1943|12|29|format=dmy}}

|Activist, composer

Francisco Rodríguez Marín

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1855|01|27|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1943|06|09|format=dmy}}

|Poet

José Jurado de la Parra

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1856|02|08|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1943|07|21|format=dmy}}

|Poet, playwright

Guillermo Valencia

|{{flag|Colombia}}

|{{dts|1873|10|29|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1943|07|08|format=dmy}}

|Poet, translator

Australia and Canada

In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with the United States and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some e.g. British authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). Hence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors would come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).{{cite web |title=How long does copyright last? |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/how-long-does-copyright-last |website=National Library of Australia |accessdate=10 June 2020}}

Similarly, Canada amended its Copyright Act in 2022 from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, coming into force on December 30, 2022, but not reviving expired copyright.{{cite web |url=https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-19/royal-assent |title=An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures |author= |date=2022-06-23 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28}}{{cite web |url=https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=42842 |title=PC Number: 2022-1219 |author= |date=2022-11-17 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28}} No more new authors will come out of copyright in Canada until 1 January 2043 (those who died in 1972). Crown copyright was not changed, thus works published in 1973 entered the public domain in 2024.{{cite web |title=Crown Copyright - FAQ |url=https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |website=Government of Canada |publisher=www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca |access-date=26 October 2023}}

United States

{{See also|Public domain in the United States|2024 in American public domain}}

Sound recordings that were published in 1923 entered the public domain.{{cite web |title=Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States |publisher=Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center |last=Hirtle |first=Peter B. |url=https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain |date=3 January 2020 |accessdate=17 December 2020}}

File:Mickey Mouse.svg. The Walt Disney Company had previously lobbied for the extension of copyright length in the United States in order to prevent the short film and its characters—including Mickey Mouse—from entering the public domain. The result of that lobby effort was the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998.{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Rachel |title=Harvard Law IP expert explains how Disney has influenced US copyright law to protect Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh |url=https://hls.harvard.edu/today/harvard-law-i-p-expert-explains-how-disney-has-influenced-u-s-copyright-law-to-protect-mickey-mouse-and-winnie-the-pooh/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Harvard Law School |language=en-us}}]]

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1928, films released in 1928, and other works published in 1928, entered the public domain in 2024.{{cite web |title=Copyright and the Public Domain |publisher=Public Domain Information Project |url=http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php |accessdate=2019-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801121535/http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php |archive-date=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead }}

Unpublished works whose authors died in 1953 entered the public domain.

The earliest incarnations of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse entered the public domain work in 2024 through Steamboat Willie and the silent versions of Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho. The sound versions of the latter two shorts have entered the public domain in 2025.{{Cite news|url=http://copyright.nova.edu/mickey-public-domain/|title=Mickey's Headed to the Public Domain! But Will He Go Quietly? – Office of Copyright|date=2014-10-17|work=Office of Copyright|language=en-US}} The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, including the character Tigger, entered the public domain in 2024. Notable films which entered the public domain in the United States include Abie's Irish Rose, Charlie Chaplin's The Circus, Buster Keaton's The Cameraman, In Old Arizona, The Man Who Laughs, Noah's Ark, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Lights of New York, The Singing Fool, and Harold Lloyd's final silent feature, Speedy.

Additional notable works which entered the public domain in the United States include Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf, The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág, Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh, The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie, Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, and An American in Paris by George Gershwin.

References

External links

{{cite web |url = http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/abyod/1953.htm |title = Authors by Year of Death – 1953|work = AuthorAndBookInfo.com}}
[https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1928 Popular Books of 1928] at Goodreads
[https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/ Public Domain Day 2024] at the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University School of Law

Category:Public domain by year

Public domain