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2027 in public domain

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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2027. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

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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 For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. In addition several other countries in the world have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Pietro Badoglio

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1871|09|28|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|11|01|format=dmy}}

| General

|La guerra d'Etiopia,
L'Italia nella seconda guerra mondiale

Julien Benda

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1867|12|26|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|06|07|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|Bibliography

Émile Borel

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1871|01|07|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|02|03|format=dmy}}

|Mathematician

|Les probabilités denombrables et leurs applications arithmétiques

Bertold Brecht

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1898|02|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|08|14|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| Mother Courage and Her Children

{{ill|Pierre Brune|fr}}

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1887|01|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|06|01|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

{{interlanguage link|Ezio Camussi|it}}

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1877|01|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|08|11|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Francisco de Aquino Correia

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1885|04|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|03|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Charles Fouqueray

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1869|04|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|03|28|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Alexander Gretchaninov

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1864|10|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|01|03|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Selected works

Mohammed Hussein Heikal

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| {{dts|1888|08|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|12|08|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| Zeinab

Irène Joliot-Curie

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1897|09|12|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|03|17|format=dmy}}

| Chemist

|

Aino Kallas

| {{flag|Finland}},
{{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1878|08|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|11|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Sudenmorsian, The Pastor of Reigi,
Barbara von Tisenhusen

Paul Léautaud

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1872|01|18|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|02|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|Works

Lee Jung-seob

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|1916|04|10|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|09|06|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|Paintings

Guido Leto

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1895|11|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956

|format=dmy}}

| Politician

|Publications

Évariste Lévi-Provençal

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1894|01|04|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|03|27|format=dmy}}

| Orientalist

|Histoire de l'Espagne musulmane

A. A. Milne

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1882|01|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|01|31|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Winnie-the-Pooh

Giovanni Papini

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1881|01|09|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|07|08|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|Publications

Alex Raymond

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1909|10|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|09|06|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Flash Gordon

Vida Ravenscroft Sutton

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1878

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|07|27|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| The Pilgrims' Holiday

Paul Renner

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1878|08|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|04|25|format=dmy}}

| Designer

| Futura

Jackson Pollock

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1912|01|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|08|11|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Jacques Sadoul

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1881|05|22|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1956|11|18|format=dmy}}

| Politician

|Works

Gustav Suits

| {{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1883|11|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|05|23|format=dmy}}

| Poet

|

Franz Tamayo

| {{flag|Bolivia}}

| {{dts|1879|2|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|7|29|format=dmy}}

| Writer, politician

|

Michael Ventris

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1922|07|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1956|09|06|format=dmy}}

| Classics scholar, philologist

| Documents in Mycenaean Greek,
Introducing the Minoan Language

Countries with life + 60 years

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In Bangladesh, India, 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

Ralph Allen

| {{flag|Canada}}

| {{dts|1913|08|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|12|02|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| Peace River Country

Lauro Ayestarán

| {{flag|Uruguay}}

| {{dts|1913|07|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|07|22|format=dmy}}

| Musicologist

| La música en el Uruguay

André Breton

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1896|02|19|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|09|28|format=dmy}}

|Writer, poet

|Surrealist Manifesto

Jan Brzechwa

|{{flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|1898|08|15|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|07|02|format=dmy}}

|Poet

|

Deems Taylor

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1885|12|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|07|03|format=dmy}}

| Composer, music critic

|

Walt Disney

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1901|12|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|12|15|format=dmy}}

| Filmmaker

|

C. S. Forester

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1899|08|27|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|04|02|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Horatio Hornblower, The African Queen, The General

Lloyd Garrett

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|07|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|04|15|format=dmy}}

| Tenor, composer

|

Alberto Giacometti

| {{flag|Switzerland}}

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

| {{dts|1966|01|11|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor, painter

| The Palace at 4 a.m., L'Homme au doigt, Grande tête mince, L'Homme qui marche I, Large Standing Woman I, Monumental Head

César Batlle Pacheco

| {{flag|Uruguay}}

| {{dts|1885|08|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|01|06|format=dmy}}

| Politician, Journalist

|

Olhinto María Simoes

| {{flag|Uruguay}}

| {{dts|1901|06|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1966|10|09|format=dmy}}

| Poet, journalist

| La sombra de los plátanos

Cordwainer Smith

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1913|07|11|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|08|06|format=dmy}}

|Science fiction writer, professor, military officer

|Psychological Warfare, Norstrilia, Scanners Live in Vain, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard, A Planet Named Shayol

Evelyn Waugh

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1903|10|28|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|04|10|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust

Mohamed Fawzi

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|1918|08|15|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|10|20|format=dmy}}

|Singer, Musician

|Kassaman

Mohamed El Qasabgi

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|1892

|{{dts|1966|3|25|format=dmy}}

| Musician

|Raq El Habib

Badie' Khayri

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|1893|8|17|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|2|1|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

|Hassan wa Murqus wa Cohen

Sayyid Qutb

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|1906|10|9|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1966|8|29|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|Ma'alim fi al-Tariq, Fi Zilal al-Quran

= Countries with life + 50 years =

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In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death. This is not always the case in larger established areas of Europe and the west, such as the United Kingdom, The United States of America, and many other southern American countries.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Zainul Abedin

| {{flag|Bangladesh}}

| {{dts|1914|12|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|05|28|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Famine Sketches

Delia Bennett

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976

|format=dmy}}

| Quilter

|

Benjamin Britten

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1913|11|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|04|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| List of compositions by Benjamin Britten

Agatha Christie

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1890|09|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|01|12|format=dmy}}

| Author

| Agatha Christie bibliography

Stuart Cloete

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1897|07|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|03|19|format=dmy}}

| Author

| Turning Wheels

Daniel F. Galouye

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1920|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|09|07|format=dmy}}

| SF Author

| Dark Universe

Munro Leaf

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1905|12|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|21|format=dmy}}

| Author

| The Story of Ferdinand

{{ill|Valero Lecha|es}}

| {{flag|El Salvador}}

| {{dts|1894|03|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|08|20|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Mercado al Aire Libre

André Malraux

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1901|11|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|23|format=dmy}}

| Author

| La Condition Humaine

Mao Zedong

| {{flag|China}}

| {{dts|1893|12|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|09|09|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

Robert L. May

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1905|07|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|08|11|format=dmy}}

| Retailer

| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Edgar Pangborn

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1909|02|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|01|format=dmy}}

| SF Author

| A Mirror for Observers

Crescencio Salcedo

| {{flag|Colombia}}

| {{dts|1913|8|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|3|3|format=dmy}}

| Flautist, songwriter

| "El Año Viejo", "La Múcura"

Thomas Burnett Swann

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1928|10|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|05|05|format=dmy}}

| SF Author, poet

| The Minotaur Trilogy

Guillermo Tolentino

| {{flag|Philippines}}

| {{dts|1890|7|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|7|12|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Bonifacio Monument, UP Oblation

Stephen Ullmann

|{{flag|Hungary}}

|{{dts|1914|7|31|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1976|1|10|format=dmy}}

|Linguist

|The Principles of Semantics

Antoni Uniechowski

|{{flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|1903|2|23|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1976|5|28|format=dmy}}

|Illustrator

|

Annie Ure

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1893|1|31|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1976|7|13|format=dmy}}

|Archeologist

|Works

Francisco Urondo

|{{flag|Argentina}}

|{{dts|1930|1|10|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1976|6|17|format=dmy}}

|Author

|Works

Peter Ury

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1920|11|3|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1976|9|20|format=dmy}}

|Composer, playwright, journalist

|Works

Alison Uttley

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1884|12|17|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1976|5|7|format=dmy}}

|Author

|Works

Valentin Vaala

| {{flag|Finland}}

| {{dts|1909|10|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|21|format=dmy}}

| Director, screenwriter

| Ihmiset suviyössä

Tamara Vakhvakhishvili

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1893|12|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|10|31|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Works

Diego Valeri

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1887|1|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|28|format=dmy}}

| Poet, critic

|

Mall Valk

| {{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1935|6|2|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|10|12|format=dmy}}

| Ceramist

| Works

Adam Vetulani

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1901|3|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|9|25|format=dmy}}

| Historian

| Works

Renata Viganò

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1900|6|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|4|23|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| L'Agnese va a morire

William G. Vinal

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1881|11|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|7|9|format=dmy}}

| Naturalist, educator

|

Nikolai Virta

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1906|12|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|1|3|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Odinochestvo

Luchino Visconti

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1906|11|2|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|3|17|format=dmy}}

| Director, screenwriter

| The Leopard

Mark Vishniak

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}
{{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1883|1|2|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|8|31|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Years of Emigration, 1919–1969

André-Léon Vivrel

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1886|10|8|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|4|7|format=dmy}}

| Painter, illustrator

|

Kathe Volkart-Schlager

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1897|2|7|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976

|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Vladimir Vranić

| {{flag|Croatia}}

| {{dts|1896|11|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|8|3|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

| Vjerojatnost i statistika

Clara Coltman Vyvyan

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1885

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|3|1|format=dmy}}

| Travel writer

| On Timeless Shores: Journeys in Ireland

Ernest Wallcousins

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1882|07|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|01

format=dmy}}

| Illustrator, painter

| Illustrations for Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria

Martha Walter

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1875|03|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|01

format=dmy}}

| Impressionist painter

| Motherhood

Oliver Warner

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1903|02|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|08|14|format=dmy}}

| Naval historian, writer

| Works

Ned Washington

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1901|08|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|20|format=dmy}}

| Lyricist

| Lyrics to "When You Wish Upon a Star"

Mark Hanna Watkins

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1903|11|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|24|format=dmy}}

| Linguist, anthropologist

| A Grammar of Chichewa

Paul Weatherwax

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1888|04|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|10|18|format=dmy}}

| Botanist, botanical illustrator

| Works

David L. Webster

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1888|11|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|17|format=dmy}}

| Physicist

| Works

Isabelle Clark Percy West

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1882|11|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|08|25|format=dmy}}

| Painter, printmaker, designer

|

Judith Westphalen

| {{flag|Peru}}

| {{dts|1922|06|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|31|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Harvey Samuel Whistler

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1907|09|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|03|17|format=dmy}}

| Violinist, composer

| "Introducing the Positions for Violin"

Marjorie Whitaker

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1895|09|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|01|07|format=dmy}}

| Author

| Works

Minor White

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1908|07|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|06|24|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

|

Martin Wickramasinghe

| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}

| {{dts|1890|05|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|07|23|format=dmy}}

| Author

| Gamperaliya

Dorothy Wilding

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1893|01|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|09|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

| Portrait of Lady Angela Forbes

Clifton Williams

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1923|03|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|12|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Works

Clara McDonald Williamson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1875|11|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|17|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Git 'Long Little Dogies

Cherry Wilson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1893|07|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11

format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| Thunder Breaks

Fritz Winter

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1905|09|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|10|01|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| [https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/4276 Earthbound]

Józef Wittlin

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1896|08|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|28|format=dmy}}

| Novelist, poet, translator

| Salt of the Earth

Marcel Wolfers

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{dts|1886

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976

|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor, medallist

| Monument aux morts de la guerre, Louvain

Wilfrid Wood

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1888|12|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|18|format=dmy}}

| Engraver, watercolourist

| By Underground to Kew

James Woodford

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1893|09|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|08|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Robin hood statue outside Nottingham Castle

Ellamarie Woolley

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1913

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976

|format=dmy}}

| Enamel artist, muralist

| Women with Birds

Marjorie Muir Worthington

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1900

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|02|17|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Arthur Wragg

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1903|01|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|08|17|format=dmy}}

| Illustrator

| Illustrations for The Psalms for Modern Life

Arthur F. Wright

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1913|12|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|08|11|format=dmy}}

| Historian

| The Sui Dynasty

Horace Kenton Wright

| {{flag|Bahamas}}

| {{dts|1915|02|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|14|format=dmy}}

| Artist

|

Margaret Wrightson

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1877

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976

|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Works

Satyu Yamaguti

| {{flag|Japan}}

| {{dts|1894|04|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|03|11|format=dmy}}

| Parasitologist

| Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates

Yashpal

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1903|12|3|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|26|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Jhutha Sach

Yirawala

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1897

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|04|17|format=dmy}}

| Artist

|

Mihal Zallari

| {{flag|Albania}}

| {{dts|1894|09|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|03|17|format=dmy}}

| Historian, journalist, poet

|

Joaquín Zamacois

| {{flag|Chile}}

| {{dts|1894|12|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|09|08|format=dmy}}

| Composer, author

|

Zheng Lücheng

| {{flag|China}}

| {{dts|1914|08|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|12|07|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army

Anna Zinkeisen

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1901|08|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|09|23|format=dmy}}

| Artist

| Portrait of Archibald McIndoe

Khayr al-Dīn al-Ziriklī

| {{flag|Syria}}

| {{dts|1893|06|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|25|format=dmy}}

| Poet, biographer

| al-Aʻlām

Adolph Zukor

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1873|01|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|06|10|format=dmy}}

| Filmmaker

|

Jacek Żuławski

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1907|03|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|11|27|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

|

Alberto Zum Felde

| {{flag|Uruguay}}

| {{dts|1889|05|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1976|05|06|format=dmy}}

| Historian, essayist

|

Countries with life + 80 years

{{See also|2017_in_public_domain#Entering_the_public_domain_in_countries_with_life_+_70_years|label 1=Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2017}}

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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! Names

! Country

! Birth

! Death

! Occupation

! Notable work

Giuseppe Adami

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1878|02|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|12|format=dmy}}

| librettist

| Libretti for three operas composed by Giacomo Puccini

Eriks Ādamsons

| {{flag|Latvia}}

| {{dts|1907|6|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|2|28|format=dmy}}

| writer, poet, translator

|

Armando Augusto Freire (Armandinho)

| {{flag|Portugal}}

| {{dts|1891|10|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|12|21|format=dmy}}

| Fado guitarist and composer

|

Louis Bachelier

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1870|03|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|04|28|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

|

Herbert Baker

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1862|06|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|02|04|format=dmy}}

| Architect

|

Helen Bannerman

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1862|02|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|03|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Story of Little Black Sambo

Granville Bantock

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1868|08|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|16|format=dmy}}

| composer

|

James Bernard

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1874|04|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Elocutionist

|

Allan Cyril Brooks

| {{flag|Canada}}

| {{dts|1869|02|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|01|03|format=dmy}}

| Ornithologist, illustrator and artist

|

{{Interlanguage link|Alfonso Broqua|es}}

| {{flag|Uruguay}}

| {{dts|1869|02|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|11|24|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Charles Despiau

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1874|11|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|30|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

|

J. Michael Diack

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1869|06|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|02|02|format=dmy}}

| Composer, arranger

| Arranged nursery rhymes in the style of Handel

Manuel de Falla

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1876|11|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|11|14|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Ritual Fire Dance

W. C. Fields

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1880|01|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|12|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Jane Findlater

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1866|11|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|05|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Dion Fortune

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1890|12|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|01|06|format=dmy}}

| Writer and occultist

| The Demon Lover, The Winged Bull, The Goat-Foot God, The Sea Priestess

Wanda Gág

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1893|03|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|06|27|format=dmy}}

| Children's book author, artist, translator and illustrator

| Millions of Cats

Gerhart Hauptmann

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1862|11|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|06|06|format=dmy}}

| Writer, Nobel Prize laureate

| The Weavers, Bahnwärter Thiel (De)

Patty Hill

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1868|03|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|05|25|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| Happy Birthday to You (with sister Mildred J. Hill, who predeceased her)

Violet Jacob

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1863|09|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|09|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer and poet

|

John Maynard Keynes

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1883|06|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|04|21|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| A Treatise on Money

Hermann von Keyserling

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1880|07|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|04|26|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

|

Otis Adelbert Kline

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1891|07|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|24|format=dmy}}

| Literary agent and science fiction writer

|

Paul Langevin

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1872|01|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|12|19|format=dmy}}

| Physicist

|

Henri Le Fauconnier

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1881

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946

|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Józef Mehoffer

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1869|03|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|07|08|format=dmy}}

| Painter and decorative artist

|

Adolph de Meyer

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1868|01|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|01|06|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

|

László Moholy-Nagy

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1895|07|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|11|24|format=dmy}}

| Painter and photographer

| Light-Space Modulator

Paul Nash

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1889|05|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|07|11|format=dmy}}

| Painter/photographer

|

Mikhail Nesterov

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1862|05|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1942|10|18|format=dmy}}Copyright term in Russia is extended by 4 years for authors who fought in or worked during the 1941-1945 war.

| Painter

|

Feliks Nowowiejski

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1877|02|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|01|18|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Rota (music)

Clemente Palma

|{{flag|Peru}}

|{{dts|1872|12|03|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1946|08|13|format=dmy}}

|Author

|

Júlio Prestes

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1882|03|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|02|09|format=dmy}}

| Politician

|

Damon Runyon

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1880|10|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|12|10|format=dmy}}

| Writer and newspaperman

|

Abel Salazar (scientist)

| {{flag|Portugal}}

| {{dts|1889|07|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|12|29|format=dmy}}

| Scientist and Painter

|

Alice Sauvrezis

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1866|04|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|04|12|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Ernest Thompson Seton

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1860|08|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|23|format=dmy}}

| Writer and wildlife artist

| Wild Animals I Have Known

May Sinclair

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1863|08|24|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1946|11|14|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|

Václav Špála

| {{flag|Czech Republic}}

| {{dts|1885|08|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|05|13|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Léon Spilliaert

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{dts|1881|07|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|11|23|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Gertrude Stein

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1874|02|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|07|27|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Three Lives

Karl Hans Strobl

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{dts|1877|01|18|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1946|03|10|format=dmy}}

|Author and editor

|

Harry Von Tilzer

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1872|07|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|01|10|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| Ziegfeld Follies

Frona Eunice Wait

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1859|08|19|format=dmy}}

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

| Author and newspaper writer

| Wines and Vines of California

George Henry Weiss

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1898

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946

|format=dmy}}

| Writer of science fiction and poetry

| The Night People

H. G. Wells

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1866|09|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|08|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man

Stewart Edward White

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1873|03|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|09|18|format=dmy}}

| Writer and spiritualist

|

Cornel Simanjuntak

| {{flag|Indonesia}}

| {{dts|1921|format=y}}

| {{dts|1946|09|15|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| Maju Tak Gentar, Sorak-Sorak Bergembira, Bungaku, Indonesia Tetap Merdeka, Ku Pinta Lagi, Maju Indonesia

Alfred Rosenberg

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1893|01|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|16|format=dmy}}

| Politician, writer

| The Myth of the Twentieth Century

Paul Zech

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1881|02|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|09|07|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Die lasterhaften Balladen und Lieder des François Villon

Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1905|10|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1946|10|12|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| Marktform und Gleichgewicht

United States

{{See also|Public domain in the United States}}

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Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1931, films released in 1931, and other works published in 1931, will enter the public domain in 2027 if they were made for hire as defined in American copyright law.{{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}}{{cite web |title=Copyright Basics |url=https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdfright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf |website=copyright.gov |publisher=Copyright Office |access-date=2 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Copyright and the Public Domain |publisher=Public Domain Information Project |url=http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php|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 }} Sound recordings that were published in 1926 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1956 will also enter the public domain. The Disney animated short The Moose Hunt, featuring Pluto in his first appearance under his familiar name and as Mickey Mouse's dog; as well as Universal Pictures' Frankenstein and Dracula, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in their respective title roles; will be among the works to enter the public domain.

Other significant films entering the public domain include Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (the first horror film to win an Academy Award), Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, the 1931 Best Picture Oscar-winner Cimarron, the Gangster films Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, the Marx Brothers film Monkey Business, Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Fritz Lang's serial killer drama M, Josef von Sternberg's Dishonored starring Marlene Dietrich, Michael Powell's directorial debut Two Crowded Hours, Otto Preminger's directorial debut The Great Love, F. W. Murnau's final film Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, the John Ford films Arrowsmith and The Brat, the Alfred Hitchcock films The Skin Game, Mary and Rich and Strange, G. W. Pabst's The Threepenny Opera, Mário Peixoto's Limite, Dave Fleischer's Bimbo's Initiation, the first Canadian sound film The Viking, the first Soviet sound film Road to Life, the first Japanese sound film The Neighbor's Wife and Mine and the first Bollywood-musical Alam Ara (now believed lost).

Artworks entering the public domain include Salvador Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory, Georgia O'Keeffe's painting Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue, Grant Wood's painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Thomas Hart Benton's painting America Today, Paul Landowski's sculpture Christ the Redeemer, Pablo Picasso's sculpture Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse), Man Ray's Électricité-photo series, August Sander's photograph Secretary at West German Radio, Cologne and M.C. Escher's early print Atrani, Coast of Amalfi.

Important literary works entering the public domain include Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth, Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves, Lynn Riggs' play Green Grows the Lilacs, Erich Maria Remarque's novel The Road Back, the final volume of Winston Churchill's The World Crisis, Walter B. Gibson's pulp novel The Living Shadow introducing The Shadow, Georges Simenon's novel The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (containing the first introduction of Inspector Jules Maigret) in its original French, Hergé's Tintin in the Congo in its original French black-and-white version, and Jean de Brunhoff's The Story of Babar in its original French. The first volumes of Norakuro, one of the earliest manga series, will also become public domain in the United States in 2027.

Among the better-known songs entering the public domain are "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "As Time Goes By", "Minnie the Moocher", "Which Side Are You On?", "All of Me", and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?".

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{cite web |url = http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/abyod/1956.htm |title = Authors by Year of Death – 1956|work = AuthorAndBookInfo.com}}
  • [https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1931 Popular Books of 1931] at Goodreads

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