2031 in public domain

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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2031 under the most common copyright regimes.

Countries with life + 70 years

{{See also|2011 in public domain#Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years|label 1=Creators whose works entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2011}}

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years)[https://archive.today/20050321142536/http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/by/by003en.html Law 194-3 of 11 August 1998] and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story |title=EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard |publisher=Billboard.biz |date=2011-09-12 |accessdate=2014-01-07 |archive-date=2013-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106035644/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32006L0116|title=EUR-Lex – 32006L0116 – EN – EUR-Lex|author=|date=|website=eur-lex.europa.eu|accessdate=7 January 2019}} In addition, several other countries 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

Chris van Abkoude

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| {{dts|1880|11|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1960|01|02|format=dmy}}

| Writer, Novelist

| Pietje Bell

Lady Cynthia Asquith

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1887|09|27|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1960|03|31|format=dmy}}

|Author and editor

|This Mortal Coil

Eric Temple Bell

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1883|02|07|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1960|12|21|format=dmy}}

|Mathematician and science fiction writer

Albert Camus

| {{flag|France}}

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

| {{dts|1960|01|04|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher, author

| The Stranger

Victor Rousseau Emanuel

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1879|01|02|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1960|04|06|format=dmy}}

|Author

John Russell Fearn

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1908|06|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1960|09|18|format=dmy}}

|Author

Elsie J. Oxenham

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1880|11|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1960|01|09|format=dmy}}

| Children's novelist

| Abbey Series of books

Eden Phillpotts

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1862|11|04|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1960|12|29|format=dmy}}

|Author, poet and dramatist

|The Farmer's Wife

Nevil Shute

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1899|01|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1960|01|12|format=dmy}}

| Aeronautical engineer, novelist

| On the Beach

Victor Sjöström

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1879|09|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1960|01|03|format=dmy}}

| Film director, actor

| The Phantom Carriage

Dadasaheb Torne

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1890|04|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1960|01|19|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| Shree Pundalik

Countries with life + 50 years

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.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Joy Adamson

| {{flag|Kenya}}

| {{dts|1910|01|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|01|03|format=dmy}}

| Conservationist, writer

| Born Free

Todhunter Ballard

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1903|12|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|27|format=dmy}}

| Genre novelist

Roland Barthes

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1915|11|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|03|25|format=dmy}}

| Literary theorist

| Mythologies, "The Death of the Author"

Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

| {{flag|Ireland}}

| {{dts|1913|06|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|11|09|format=dmy}}

| Journalist, humorist

Alejo Carpentier

| {{flag|Cuba}}

| {{dts|1904|12|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|04|24|format=dmy}}

| Novelist, writer

| The Kingdom of this World

Amy Clarke

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1892|12|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|06|20|format=dmy}}

| Mystical poet

Margaret Cole

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1893|05|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|05|07|format=dmy}}

| Political writer, biographer, activist

John Collier

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1901|05|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|04|06|format=dmy}}

| Short story writer

Marc Connelly

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1890|12|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|21|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

Sam Cree

| {{flag|Northern Ireland}}

| {{dts|1928|02|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|10|26|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

Gareth Evans

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1946|05|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|08|10|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

George Sutherland Fraser

| {{flag|Scotland}}

| {{dts|1915|11|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|01|03|format=dmy}}

| Poet, critic

Romain Gary

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1914|05|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|02|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| Les Racines du ciel, La Vie devant soi

Jacky Gillott

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1939|09|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|09|19|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

Salvator Gotta

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1887|05|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|06|07|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Traian Herseni

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1907|02|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|07|17|format=dmy}}

| Social scientist, journalist

P. M. Hubbard

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1910|11|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|03|17|format=dmy}}

| Crime writer

Idris Jamma'

| {{flag|Sudan}}

| {{dts|1922|01|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|03|27|format=dmy}}

| Poet

John Lennon

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1940|10|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|08|format=dmy}}

| Musician, songwriter, author

| Discography

Olivia Manning

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1908|03|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|07|23|format=dmy}}

| Novelist, poet

| Fortunes of War

Marshall McLuhan

| {{flag|Canada}}

| {{dts|1911|07|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|31|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| Works

Carey McWilliams

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1905|12|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|06|27|format=dmy}}

| Author, editor, lawyer

David Mercer

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1928|06|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|08|08|format=dmy}}

| Dramatist

Henry Miller

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1891|12|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|06|07|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| Works

Vinicius de Moraes

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1913|10|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|07|09|format=dmy}}

| Poet, songwriter

Katherine Anne Porter

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1890|05|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|09|18|format=dmy}}

| Novelist, essayist

Marin Preda

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1922|08|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|05|16|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| Moromeții, Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni

Caradog Prichard

| {{flag|Wales}}

| {{dts|1904

| {{dts|1980|02|25|format=dmy}}

| Poet, novelist

| Un Nos Ola Leuad

Barbara Pym

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1913|06|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|01|11|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

Irene Rathbone

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

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

| {{dts|1980|01|21|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

Mart Raud

| {{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1903|09|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|07|06|format=dmy}}

| Poet, playwright, writer

Nelson Rodrigues

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1912|08|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|21|format=dmy}}

| Playwright, journalist, novelist

Jean-Paul Sartre

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1905|06|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|04|15|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher, novelist, dramatist

Nichita Smochină

| {{flag|Transnistria}}

| {{dts|1894|03|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|14|format=dmy}}

| Ethnographer, journalist

C. P. Snow

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1905|10|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|07|01|format=dmy}}

| Novelist, scientist

| Strangers and Brothers, The Two Cultures

Eugeniu Ștefănescu-Est

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1881|03|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|03|12|format=dmy}}

| Poet, novelist, cartoonist

Ben Travers

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1886|11|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|12|18|format=dmy}}

| Playwright, screenwriter, novelist

Kenneth Tynan

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1927|04|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|07|26|format=dmy}}

| Theater critic

James Wright

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1927|12|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1980|03|25|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| The Branch Will Not Break

Countries with life + 80 years

{{See also|2021_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 2021}}

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcu.es/propiedadInt/docs/RDLegislativo_1_1996.pdf|title=Áreas de cultura: Propiedad Intelectual – Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328175038/http://www.mcu.es/propiedadInt/docs/RDLegislativo_1_1996.pdf|url-status=live}} 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

Octave-Louis Aubert

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1870|01|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| Le Livre de la Bretagne

Irving Bacheller

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1859|09|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|24|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| Eben Holden

Sergei Bakhrushin

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1882|10|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|08|format=dmy}}

| Historian

Miklós Bánffy

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1873|12|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|06|05|format=dmy}}

| Nobleman, politician, writer

| A Transylvanian Tale

Pavel Bazhov

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1879|01|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|3|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Malachite Box

Max Beckmann

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1884|02|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|27|format=dmy}}

| Painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor

William Rose Benét

| {{flag|United States}}

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

| {{dts|1950|05|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer, poet, editor

| Saturday Review of Literature, The Reader's Encyclopedia

Lev Berg

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1876|3|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|24|format=dmy}}

| Geographer, biologist and ichthyologist

Ben Black

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1889|12|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer, lyricist

| "Moonlight and Roses"

Léon Blum

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1872|4|9|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|3|30|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Les Problèmes de la Paix

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1871|11|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|26|format=dmy}}

| General, Historian

| Works

D. K. Broster

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1877|09|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|07|format=dmy}}

| Novelist

| The Flight of the Heron

Herbert Ashwin Budd

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1881

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950

|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Joe Burke

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1884|03|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|06|09|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter, Composer, pianist

| "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes", "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine", "Rambling Rose", "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips"

Edgar Rice Burroughs

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1875|09|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|19|format=dmy}}

| Author of adventure and science fiction

| Tarzan and Barsoom

J. Carlos

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1884|07|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|02|format=dmy}}

| Cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, sculptor

Basilio Cascella

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1860|10|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|24|format=dmy}}

| Artist

| {{interlanguage link|Il bagno della pastora|it}}

Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1886|1|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|1|7|format=dmy}}

| Painter

Neville William Cayley

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1886|1|7|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|3|17|format=dmy}}

| Ornithologist & artist

| "What Bird is That?", 1931

Francesco Cilea

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1866|07|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|20|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur

Leôncio Correia (pt)

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1865|01|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|06|19|format=dmy}}

| Lawyer, politician, writer and journalist

Erle Cox

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1873|08|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|20|format=dmy}}

| Journalist and science fiction writer

| Out of the Silence

Walter Damrosch

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1862|01|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|22|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Frank Parker Day

| {{flag|Canada}}

| {{dts|1881|05|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|30|format=dmy}}

| Author and academic

Warwick Deeping

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1877|05|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|04|20|format=dmy}}

| Author

| Sorrell and Son

Buddy DeSylva

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1895|01|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|11|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| Avalon, Look For the Silver Lining, Somebody Loves Me

Edward d'Evry

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

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

| {{dts|1950|12|25|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Lancelot de Mole

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1880|3|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|5|6|format=dmy}}

| Engineer & inventor

| Tracked armoured vehicle, 1911

Clément Doucet

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{dts|1895|04|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|15|format=dmy}}

| Composer, pianist

Anatoly Drozdov (ru)

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1883|11|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|09|10|format=dmy}}

| Composer, pianist

Theodor Duesterberg

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1875|10|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|4|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| The Steel Helmet and Hitler

Walter Eucken

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1891|1|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|3|20|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| Works

Percy Keese Fitzhugh

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1876|09|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|05|format=dmy}}

| Author of children and young adult literature

Yevgeny Gunst

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1877|06|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|30|format=dmy}}

| Composer

John Gould Fletcher

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|01|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|05|10|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Selected Poems

Ernest Haycox

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1899|10|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|13|format=dmy}}

| Author of Western fiction

John Rippiner Heath

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1887|01|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|23|format=dmy}}

| Doctor, musician, composer

| Three Macedonian Sketches

William Hovgaard

| {{flag|Denmark}}
{{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1857|11|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|05|format=dmy}}

| Professor, Writer

| Submarine Boats, The Voyages Of The Norsemen To America

Heydar Huseynov

| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}

| {{dts|1908|04|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|08|15|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| Dialectical Materialism

Rex Ingram

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892|01|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|02|format=dmy}}

| Film director, producer, writer and actor

| The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Prisoner of Zenda

George Cecil Ives

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1867|10|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|06|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer, penal reformer

| English Prisons Today

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

| {{flag|Switzerland}}

| {{dts|1865|07|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|01|format=dmy}}

| Composer, music educator

Johannes V. Jensen

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| {{dts|1873|01|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|25|format=dmy}}

| Author

| The Long Journey

Charles L. Johnson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1876|12|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|28|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Al Jolson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|05|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|23|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

Eddie Kilfeather

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1900|04|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|13|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Alfred Korzybski

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

| {{dts|1879|07|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|01|format=dmy}}

| Engineer and founder of Institute of General Semantics

| Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1887|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|28|format=dmy}}

| Writer

Harold Laski

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1893|06|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|24|format=dmy}}

| Political theorist, economist

| A Grammar of Politics

Harry Lauder

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1870|08|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|26|format=dmy}}

| Comedian, Singer/songwriter

| Roamin' in the Gloamin'

Lilian Sophia Locke

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1869|6|6|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|7|1|format=dmy}}

| Suffragette & Trade-unionist

| Secretary of the United Council for Woman's Suffrage, 1890s

Heinrich Mann

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1871|03|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Professor Unrat

Edgar Lee Masters

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1868|08|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Spoon River Anthology

F. O. Matthiessen

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1902|02|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|04|01|format=dmy}}

| literary critic

| American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman

Marcel Mauss

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1872|05|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|10|format=dmy}}

| Sociologist

| The Gift

Ernest John Moeran

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1894|12|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|01|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Alfred Edward Moffat

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1863|12|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|06|06|format=dmy}}

| Composer, collector of music

| Meister-Schule der alten Zeit

Edna St Vincent Millay

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892|02|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|19|format=dmy}}

| Poet, playwright

| Renascence

Ali Moustafa Mosharafa

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| {{dts|1898|07|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|16|format=dmy}}

| Theoretical physicist

Lewis Muir

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1881

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|19|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Pavel Muratov

| {{flag|Russia}}

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

| {{dts|1950|02|05|format=dmy}}

| Writer, art historian

| Images of Italy

Nikolai Myaskovsky

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1881|04|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|08|08|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Symphony No. 6 (Myaskovsky)

Vaslav Nijinsky

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1889|3|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|4|8|format=dmy}}

| Ballet dancer and choreographer

| Diary

George Orwell

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1903|06|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|21|format=dmy}}

| Journalist and author

| Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and other works

Cesare Pavese

| {{flag|Italy}}

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

| {{dts|1950|08|27|format=dmy}}

| Writer, translator

| The Moon and the Bonfires

Max Pemberton

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1863|06|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|22|format=dmy}}

| Novelist of adventure and mystery literature

Octávio Pinto

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1890|11|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|10|31|format=dmy}}

| Composer, architect

Ernest Poole

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1880|01|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|10|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| His Family

Gustaf John Ramstedt

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}
{{flag|Finland}}

| {{dts|1873|10|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|25|format=dmy}}

| Explorer, linguist, diplomat

| Seitsemän retkeä itään

R. R. Ryan

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1882|12|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|18|format=dmy}}

| Author

Eliel Saarinen

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

| {{dts|1873|08|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|01|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Works

Rafael Sabatini

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}
{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1875|04|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, The Odissey of Captain Blood, Bellarion the Fortunate

Theophrastos Sakellaridis

| {{flag|Greece}}

| {{dts|1883|09|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|02|format=dmy}}

| Composer, conductor

| Ο Βαφτιστικός

Guðjón Samúelsson

| {{flag|Iceland}}

| {{dts|1887|04|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|04|25|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Hallgrímskirkja, National Theatre of Iceland, Akureyrarkirkja

Joseph Schumpeter

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1883|02|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|08|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Milton Schwarzwald

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1891|09|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|02|format=dmy}}

| Director, composer

George Bernard Shaw

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

| {{dts|1856|07|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|02|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Man and Superman, Pygmalion, Saint Joan

Adaline Shepherd

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1883|08|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|03|12|format=dmy}}

| Composer

Forrest Shreve

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1878|07|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|07|19|format=dmy}}

| Botanist

| Works

Martinus Sieveking

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| {{dts|1867|03|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer, music teacher

Jan Smuts

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1870|05|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|09|11|format=dmy}}

| Statesman, military leader, and philosopher

| Holism and Evolution

John M. Stahl

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|01|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|12|format=dmy}}

| Film Director and Producer

| Father Was a Fullback

Olaf Stapledon

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1886|05|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|09|06|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher and science fiction author

| Star Maker, Last and First Men and Odd John

Henry L. Stimson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1867|09|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|20|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Democracy And Nationalism In Europe

Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaya

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1864|10|4|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|9|21|format=dmy}}

| Painter and memoirist

Attilio Teruzzi

| {{flag|Italy}}

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

| {{dts|1950|4|26|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Cirenaica Verde

Trilussa

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1871|10|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|21|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Works

Orhan Veli Kanık

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1914|04|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|11|14|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Garip, Collected Poems

Xavier Villaurrutia

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1903|3|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|25|format=dmy}}

| Poet, Playwright

| Works

Archibald P. Wavell

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

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

| {{dts|1950|05|24|format=dmy}}

| General

| Generals And Generalship

Kurt Weill

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1900|3|2|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|4|3|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| The Threepenny Opera

Yi Gwangsu

| {{flag|South Korea}}

| {{dts|1892|02|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|10|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer, independence activist

| Heartless

United States

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1935, films released in 1935, and other works published in 1935 will enter the public domain in 2031.{{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}} Sound recordings published in 1930 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1960 will also enter the public domain.

Notable films that will enter the public domain in 2031 include Best Picture Academy Award winner Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton, Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, John Ford's The Informer with Victor McLaglen, Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1935, Max Reinhardt's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Olivia de Havilland and James Cagney, Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, George Cukor's adaptation of David Copperfield with Frank Lawton, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer with Gary Cooper, Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the Marx Brothers comedy A Night at the Opera, Naughty Marietta with the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, The Little Colonel with Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore, Will Rogers' final films Steamboat Round the Bend and In Old Kentucky, Tumbling Tumbleweeds with Gene Autry in one of his first starring roles, Henry Fonda's film debut The Farmer Takes a Wife, Hop-Along Cassidy with William Boyd (the first film to star the title character), the musical film Metropolitan (20th Century Fox's first film under that name), the British film Scrooge (the first sound film adaptation of A Christmas Carol), the first color Mickey Mouse cartoon The Band Concert as well as the first teamings of Mickey with Donald Duck and Goofy, the Silly Symphony cartoons The Tortoise and the Hare and Three Orphan Kittens, and I Haven't Got a Hat with the debut of the first major recurring Looney Tunes character, Porky Pig.

Important literary works entering the public domain include Agatha Christie's crime novels Death in the Clouds and Three Act Tragedy, John Steinbeck's novel Tortilla Flat, Christopher Isherwood's novel Mr Norris Changes Trains, Dorothy L. Sayers' detective novel Gaudy Night introducing Lord Peter Wimsey, Georgette Heyer's novel Regency Buck, Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, Rex Stout's The League of Frightened Men, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa, T. E. Lawrence's autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Clifford Odets' plays Waiting for Lefty and Awake and Sing!, T. S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral, and Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country in its original Japanese. The earliest appearances of the comic strip character Little Lulu will also enter the public domain.

Works of art entering the public domain include René Magritte's The Portrait and the second version of his Human Condition, Joan Miró's Metamorphosis, Pablo Picasso's Jeune Fille Endormie, and M. C. Escher's lithograph Hand with Reflecting Sphere.

Examples of notable musical works entering the public domain include the popular songs "Cheek to Cheek", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", and "Red Sails in the Sunset"; as well as George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

References

External links

[https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1935 Popular Books of 1935] at Goodreads

Category:Public domain by year