View source for Social:2024 in public domain

{{Short description|Overview of works entering public domain}}
When a work's [[Copyright|copyright]] expires, it enters the [[Social:Public domain|public domain]]. The following is a '''list of creators whose works enter 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 {{wipe|Belarus}} (Life + 50 years) and {{wipe|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 For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years.
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-spacing:0; style="width:100%;"
!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''
|-
| 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
| 
|-
| 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''
|-
| 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''
|-
| 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
| ''[[Religion:Khutbat-e-madras|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
|-
| [[Biography:Eugene O'Neill|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
| ''[[Earth:Vidas secas|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
| 
|-
| {{wipe|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 
| 
|-
| [[Biography:Vydūnas|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, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-spacing:0; style="width:100%;"
!Names
!Country
!Birth
!Death
!Occupation
!Notable work
|-
| Babu Gulabrai
| {{flag|India}}
| {{dts|1888|01|17|format=dmy}}
| {{dts|1963|04|13|format=dmy}}
| Writer
| 
|-
| Amar Nath Kak
| {{flag|India}}
| 1889
| 1963
| Writer
| 
|-
| 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 {{wipe|Belarus}}, Bolivia and [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]], a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-spacing:0 style="width:100%"
!Names
!Country
!Birth
!Death
!Occupation
!Notable work
|-
| 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
| 
|-
| Charles Brasch
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| {{dts|1909|07|27|format=dmy}}
| {{dts|1973|05|20|format=dmy}}
| Poet, editor
| ''Landfall''
|-
| Bobby Darin 
| {{flag|United States}} 
| {{dts|1936|05|14|format=dmy}} 
| {{dts|1973|12|20|format=dmy}}
| Musician
| 
|-
|  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 Ford 
| {{flag|United States}} 
| {{dts|1894|02|01|format=dmy}} 
| {{dts|1973|08|04|format=dmy}}
| Director 
| John Ford filmography
|-
| Anthony Gilbert
| {{flag|Great Britain}}
| {{dts|1899|02|15|format=dmy}}
| {{dts|1973|12|09|format=dmy}}
| Writer
| ''The Vanishing Corpse''
|-
|  [[Biography:Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson]] 
| {{flag|United States}} 
| {{dts|1908|08|27|format=dmy}} 
| {{dts|1973|01|22|format=dmy}}
| Politician 
| 
|-
|  Bruce Lee 
| {{flag|United States}}
| {{dts|1940|11|27|format=dmy}} 
| {{dts|1973|07|20|format=dmy}}
| Martial artist
| ''[[Philosophy:Tao of Jeet Kune Do|Tao of Jeet Kune Do]]''
|-
| Kathleen Lindsay
| {{flag|Great Britain}}
| 1903
| 1973
| Writer
| 
|-
| 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''
|-
|  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''
|-
| William Plomer
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| {{dts|1903|12|10|format=dmy}}
| {{dts|1973|09|20|format=dmy}}
| Writer
|
|-
|  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)"
|-
| 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''
|-
| [[Biography:Alan Watts|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.
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-spacing:0; style="width:100%;"
!Names
!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 will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022-06-23 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=42842 |title=PC Number: 2022-1219 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022-11-17 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==United States==

Sound recordings that were published in 1923 entered the public domain.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

[[File:Mickey Mouse.svg|thumb|One of the most notable works which entered the public domain in 2024 is ''Steamboat Willie''. 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 Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998.<ref>{{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}}</ref>]]
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>  Unpublished works whose authors died in 1953 entered the public domain.

The earliest incarnation of Mickey Mouse as well as 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 will enter the [[Social:2025 in public domain|public domain in 2025]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''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 [[Biography:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf]], ''The Well of Loneliness'' by [[Biography:Radclyffe Hall|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 [[Biography:Georges Bataille|Georges Bataille]], ''The Threepenny Opera'' by [[Biography:Bertolt Brecht|Bertolt Brecht]], and ''An American in Paris'' by George Gershwin.

==See also==
* 1953 in literature and 1973 in literature for deaths of writers
* [[Social:Public Domain Day|Public Domain Day]]
* [[Organization:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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 [[Company:Goodreads|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

{{Years in Public Domain}}

[[Category:Public domain]]

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