2030 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 2030 under the most common copyright regimes.

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This list is based on the current copyright laws and regulations, which are subject to change without notice.

Countries with life + 70 years

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years) [1] 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. [2] [3] In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Manuel Altolaguirre Flag of Spain.svg Spain 29 June 190526 July 1959Poet, screenwriterLas islas invitadas y otros poemas (The Invited Isle and Other Poems), El triunfo de las germanías (The Triumph of the Brotherhood of the Guilds)
Maxwell Anderson Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 December 188828 February 1959Playwright, poet Both Your Houses , Joan of Lorraine
Edwin Balmer Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 July 188321 March 1959Author When Worlds Collide
Johan Bojer Flag of Norway.svg Norway 6 March 18723 July 1959Novelist, playwrightDen siste viking (The Last of the Vikings), Vor egen stamme(The Emigrants)
Arnolt Bronnen Flag of Austria.svg Austria 19 August 189512 October 1959Playwright Parricide, Birth of Youth
Emil František Burian Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 11 June 19049 August 1959Poet, playwrightMember of Osvobozené divadlo
Raymond Chandler Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 July 188826 March 1959Detective fiction novelist, screenwriter The Big Sleep , Farewell, My Lovely , Double Indemnity ; The Little Sister , The Long Goodbye
Laxmi Prasad Devkota Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 13 November 190914 September 1959Poet, playwright, novelist Muna Madan , Shakuntala
Apsley Cherry-Garrard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2 January 188618 May 1959Memoirist The Worst Journey in the World
G. D. H. Cole Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25 September 188914 January 1959Political theorist, economist, historian, short story writerThe Brooklyn Murders, The Death of a Millionaire
W. W. Greg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 9 July 18754 March 1959Bibliographer, Shakespearean scholarDramatic Documents from the Elizabethan Playhouses, English Literary Autographs, 1550–1650
Otfrid von Hanstein Flag of Germany.svg Germany 23 September 186917 February 1959Author Works
Laurence Housman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 July 186520 February 1959Novelist, playwright, illustrator An Englishwoman's Love-letters , Victoria Regina
Julien Josephson Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 October 188114 April 1959Screenwriter Lady Windermere's Fan , The Bat , Heidi , Wee Willie Winkie
Alfred Kubin Flag of Austria.svg Austria 10 April 187720 August 1959Author and illustratorThe Other Side
Carlo Lombardo Flag of Italy.svg Italy 28 November 186919 December 1959Composer Operettas
Edwin Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 May 18873 January 1959Poet, novelistThe Present Age from 1914, The Scots and Their Country
Luis Palés Matos Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 20 March 189823 February 1959PoetEl palacio en sombras (The Palace in Shadows), Falsa canción de baquiné (False Song of a funeral for a child)
Benjamin Péret Flag of France.svg France 4 July 189918 September 1959PoetLe Passager du transatlantique, De derrière les fagots
Sax Rohmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 February 18831 June 1959Crime novelist, horror fiction writer The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu , Brood of the Witch-Queen
Govind Sakharam Sardesai Flag of India.svg India 17 May 186521 November 1959Historian
Alfred Schütz Flag of Austria.svg Austria 13 April 189920 May 1959Philosopher, social phenomenologistWilliam James' Concept of the Stream of Consciousness Phenomenologically Interpreted, The Stranger
Pauline Smith Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2 April 188229 January 1959Novelist, short story writer, memoirist, playwrightThe Little Karoo, The Beadle
Galaktion Tabidze Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 17 November 189217 March 1959Poet The Wind Blows
José Vasconcelos Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 28 February 188230 June 1959Philosopher La raza cósmica (The Cosmic Race)
Luigi Villari Flag of Italy.svg Italy 18761959Historian
Boris Vian Flag of France.svg France 10 March 192023 June 1959Novelist I Spit on Your Graves , Froth on the Daydream
Percy F. Westerman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 187622 February 1959Children's writer King of Kilba

Countries with life + 60 years

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

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Alejandro G. Abadilla Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 10 March 190626 August 1969WriterAko ang Daigdig
Sargis Abrahamyan Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 28 December 191515 June 1969WriterWith Generations
Theodor W. Adorno Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 September 19036 August 1969Philosopher Theodor W. Adorno bibliography
Ricardo Aguirre Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 9 May 19398 November 1969Singer, Composer La Grey Zuliana
Ignacio Aldecoa Flag of Spain.svg Spain 25 July 192515 November 1969Author El fulgor y la sangre
Ikbal Ali Shah Flag of India.svg India 12 July 18944 November 1969Writer, diplomatAfghanistan of the Afghans
Edgar Anderson Flag of the United States.svg United States 9 November 189718 June 1969BotanistIntrogressive Hybridization
Charlotte Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 May 19057 July 1969AuthorA Dram of Poison
Marius Barbeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5 March 188327 February 1969EthnographerDownfall of Temlaham
Daniel E. Barbey Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 December 188911 March 1969Naval OfficerMacArthur's Amphibious Navy
Arthur K. Barnes Flag of the United States.svg United States 6 December 190911 March 1969Science-Fiction Writer Works
Emilio Bigi Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1 July 191028 May 1969MusicianRenacer guarani
Charles Brackett Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 November 18929 March 1969Novelist, Screenwriter
Gabriel Chevallier Flag of France.svg France 3 May 18956 April 1969Novelist Clochemerle
Ivy Compton-Burnett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 5 June 188427 August 1969Novelist Manservant and Maidservant
Richmal Crompton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 November 189011 January 1969Writer, Teacher Just William series
Alexandra David-Néel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of France.svg France
24 October 18688 September 1969Explorer, SpiritualistMystiques et magiciens du Tibet
Aleksandr Deyneka Flag of Russia.svg Russia 20 May 189912 June 1969ArtistThe Defense of Petrograd
Otto Dix Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 December 189125 July 1969Artist The Trench
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10 October 18735 August 1969explorer, politicianIns innerste Afrika
Max Eastman Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 January 188325 March 1969WriterReflections on the Failure of Socialism
Dwight D. Eisenhower Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 October 189028 March 1969Military Officer, statesman Crusade in Europe
Abo El Seoud El Ebiary Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 9 November 191017 March 1969Playwright, songwriter Afrita hanem
Olivia FitzRoy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 May 192124 December 1969Author of children's booksOrders to Poach
Botong Francisco Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 4 November 191231 March 1969Muralist The Progress of Medicine in the Philippines
Karl Freund Flag of Germany.svg Germany 16 January 18903 May 1969Cinematographer, film director The Mummy
Rómulo Gallegos Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 2 August 18845 April 1969Novelist, politician Doña Bárbara
Witold Gombrowicz Flag of Poland.svg Poland 4 August 190424 July 1969Writer, playwright Ferdydurke
Walter Gropius Flag of Germany.svg Germany 18 May 18835 July 1969Architect Bauhaus
Walter Hahn  [ de ]Flag of Germany.svg Germany 20 April 188924 November 1969Photographer Collection at Deutsche Fotothek
Wendell Hall Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 August 18962 April 1969Singer-songwriter It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
Ho Chi Minh Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 19 May 18902 September 1969President Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Karl Jaspers Flag of Germany.svg Germany 23 February 188326 February 1969Psychiatrist, PhilosopherGeneral Psychopathology
Jack Kerouac Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 March 192221 October 1969Writer On the Road
Norman Lindsay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22 February 187921 November 1969Artist, Writer The Magic Pudding
Frank Loesser Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 June 191028 July 1969Songwriter Baby, It's Cold Outside , A Bushel and a Peck
Erika Mann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 November 190527 August 1969Writer, actressZehn Millionen Kinder. Die Erziehung der Jugend im Dritten Reich
Gavin Maxwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 July 19147 September 1969Author Ring of Bright Water
Leo McCarey Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 October 18985 July 1969Film director, screenwriter The Bells of St. Mary's
Jimmy McHugh Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 July 189423 May 1969Composer South American Way
Atanasio Ndongo Miyone Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 192826 March 1969Musician Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad
Meher Baba Flag of India.svg India 25 February 189431 January 1969Mystic God Speaks
Mikio Naruse Flag of Japan.svg Japan 20 August 19052 July 1969Film director, screenwriter Apart from You
Mutesa II of Buganda Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 19 November 192421 November 1969StatesmanThe Desecration of My Kingdom
Seabury Quinn Flag of the United States.svg United States December 188924 December 1969Author, lawyer Roads
August Sang Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 27 July 191414 October 1969PoetÜks noormees otsib õnne
Muhammad Shahidullah Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 10 July 188513 July 1969Writer, philologistBangla Sahityer Katha
Ben Shahn Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 September 189814 March 1969ArtistJersey Homesteads Mural
Osbert Sitwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 December 18924 May 1969WriterBefore the Bombardment
Josef von Sternberg Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 May 189422 December 1969Film director Shanghai Express
Leonard Woolf Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25 November 188014 August 1969writer, publisher The Village in the Jungle
John Wyndham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 July 190311 March 1969Science-Fiction Writer The Day of the Triffids , The Midwich Cuckoos
Stoyan Zagorchinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1889January 1969WriterLast Day, God's Day
Jorge Zalamea Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 8 March 190510 May 1969Writer, poet, journalistEl Sueño de las Escalinatas
Gostan Zarian Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2 February 188511 December 1969Poet, diaristThe Ship on the Mountain
Nairi Zarian Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 13 January 190112 July 1969Poet, playwrightԱրա Գեղեցիկ
Jerzy Zawieyski Flag of Poland.svg Poland 2 October 190218 June 1969Playwright, novelistDobrze, że byli
Leane Zugsmith Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 January 190313 October 1969Writer Stories for The New Yorker

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.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Dorothy Arzner Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 January 18971 October 1979Filmmaker
Elizabeth Bishop Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 February 19116 October 1979Poet
Guy Bolton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 23 November 18846 September 1979Playwright Princess Theatre musicals
John Bradburne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 14 June 19215 September 1979Poet, missionary
David Butler Flag of the United States.svg United States 17 December 189414 June 1979Film director, producer, and writer Road to Morocco , Calamity Jane
Asa Earl Carter Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 September 19257 June 1979Genre novelist The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales
Sir George Clark Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 February 18906 February 1979Historian
Donald Creighton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 15 July 190219 December 1979HistorianThe Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence
John Cromwell Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 December 188626 September 1979Film director Of Human Bondage , The Enchanted Cottage
Breece D'J Pancake Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 June 19528 April 1979Short story writer
Christian Dotremont Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 12 December 192220 August 1979Painter, writerPeinture mots
Louis Durey Flag of France.svg France 27 May 18883 July 1979Composer
James T. Farrell Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 February 190422 August 1979Novelist Studs Lonigan trilogy
Pedro Flores Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 9 March 189414 July 1979ComposerVarious ballads and boleros
Lowell George Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 April 194529 June 1979Composer Songs for Little Feat
Nick Grinde Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 January 189319 June 1979Filmmaker
Roy Harris Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 February 18981 October 1979Composer Symphony No. 3
Stuart Heisler Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 December 189621 August 1979Film director
Malcolm Hulke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 November 19246 July 1979Television writer Doctor Who
Juana de Ibarbourou Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 8 March 189215 July 1979Poet
Leigh Jason Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 July 190419 February 1979Filmmaker
Jerzy Jurandot Flag of Poland.svg Poland 19 March 191116 August 1979Poet, dramatist
Joseph Kessel Flag of France.svg France 10 February 189823 July 1979Journalist, novelist
Herbert Marcuse Flag of Germany.svg Germany 19 July 189829 July 1979Philosopher Eros and Civilization , One-Dimensional Man
Nicholas Monsarrat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 22 March 19108 August 1979Novelist The Cruel Sea
J. B. "Beachcomber" Morton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7 June 189310 May 1979Humorous newspaper columnist"By the Way" column for the Daily Express
James Neilson Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 October 19099 December 1979Film and television director
Victoria Ocampo Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 7 April 189027 January 1979Publisher, writer, critic
Park Chung Hee Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 14 November 191726 October 1979 President of South Korea Bibliography
Eric Partridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 February 18941 June 1979Lexicographer
S. J. Perelman Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 February 190417 October 1979HumoristShort stories for The New Yorker
Julia Perry Flag of the United States.svg United States 25 March 192424 April 1979Composer
Virgilio Piñera Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 4 August 191218 October 1979Poet, short story writerLa isla en peso, Cuentos Fríos, Electra Garrigó
George Pollock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 March 190722 December 1979Film director
Nicholas Ray Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 August 191116 June 1979Filmmaker and actor Rebel Without a Cause , In a Lonely Place
Jean Renoir Flag of France.svg France 15 September 189412 February 1979Film director and writer La Grande Illusion , The Rules of the Game and other films
Jean Rhys Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 August 189014 May 1979Novelist Good Morning, Midnight , Wide Sargasso Sea
Richard Rodgers Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 June 190230 December 1979Composer Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals
Nino Rota Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 December 191110 April 1979ComposerScores for Federico Fellini's films and The Godfather trilogy
Victor Saville Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25 September 18958 May 1979Filmmaker Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Kim
Arno Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg Germany 18 January 19143 June 1979Novelist
Ernest B. Schoedsack Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 June 189323 December 1979Film director and producer The Most Dangerous Game , King Kong
Mary Scott Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 23 September 188816 July 1979NovelistBreakfast at Six
George Seaton Flag of the United States.svg United States 17 April 191128 July 1979Film director
Lesley Selander Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 May 19005 December 1979Film director
Larisa Shepitko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 6 January 19382 July 1979Filmmaker The Ascent
Jean Stafford Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 July 191526 March 1979Short story writer, novelist The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Allen Tate Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 November 18999 February 1979Poet, essayist"Ode to the Confederate Dead"
Norman Tokar Flag of the United States.svg United States 25 November 19196 April 1979Film director
Eugène Vinaver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 June 189921 July 1979Literary scholarEdition of Le Morte d'Arthur
John L. Wasserman Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 August 193825 February 1979Entertainment critic
Darryl F. Zanuck Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 September 190222 December 1979Film producer How Green Was My Valley , All About Eve
Zhou Libo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 9 August 190825 September 1979Novelist, translator

Countries with life + 80 years

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988. [4] In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Hervey Allen Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 December 188928 December 1949AuthorAnthony Adverse
Masaharu Anesaki Flag of Japan.svg Japan 25 July 187323 July 1949HistorianHistory of Japanese Religion
Josef Maria Auchentaller Flag of Austria.svg Austria 2 August 186531 December 1949ArtistBunte Bände
Alice Bailey Flag of the United States.svg United States 16 June 188015 December 1949Writer Works
Hassan al-Banna Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 14 October 190612 February 1949imamMudhakkirât al-da'wa wa al-dâ'iya
Philip Barry Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 June 18963 December 1949Playwright Holiday
Billy Baskette Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 October 18848 November 1949Pianist, composer Good Bye Broadway, Hello France
H. Bedford-Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 April 18876 May 1949WriterThe John Solomon series
Khalil Beidas Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 18741949novelist Works
Federico Beltrán Masses Flag of Spain.svg Spain 8 September 18854 October 1949Painter
Friedrich Bergius Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 October 188430 March 1949Chemist Bergius process
Elsa Bernstein Flag of Austria.svg Austria 28 October 18662 July 1949Writer Königskinder
Musa Bigiev Flag of Russia.svg Russia 25 December 1873 (O. S.)28 October 1949Theologian Selected works
Elisheva Bikhovski Flag of Israel.svg Israel 20 September 188827 March 1949Writer, TranslatorSimta'ot
Leonard Bloomfield Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 April 188718 April 1949Linguist Selected publications
George Botsford Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 February 18741 February 1949Composer
Robert Boudrioz Flag of France.svg France 12 February 188722 June 1949Film director, screenwriter The Man with a Broken Ear
Umberto Brunelleschi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 21 June 187916 February 1949Artist, Illustrator
Guillermo Buitrago Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1 April 192019 April 1949ComposerLa Vispera de Año Nuevo
Harry Burleigh Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 December 186612 September 1949Composer, singersettings of spirituals
Helen Churchill Candee Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 October 185823 August 1949Writer, feministAngkor the Magnificent
Reg Carter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 December 188624 April 1949Cartoonist Big Eggo
N. D. Cocea Flag of Romania.svg Romania 29 November 18801 February 1949Journalist, NovelistVinul de viață lungă
Richard Connell Flag of the United States.svg United States 17 October 189322 November 1949Writer The Most Dangerous Game
Carlo Conti Rossini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 18721949OrientalistItalia ed Etiopia dal trattato di Uccialli alla battaglia d'Adua
Dorothea Conyers Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 11 November 186925 May 1949Novelist
Will Cuppy Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 August 188419 September 1949HumoristHow to be a Hermit
Stoyan Danev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 28 January 185830 July 1949Jurist and politician
Norman Davey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 5 May 18886 June 1949Engineer, WriterThe Pilgrim of a Smile
Félix d'Herelle Flag of France.svg France 25 April 187322 February 1949Microbiologist Published works
Georgi Dimitrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 18 June 18822 July 1949Politician, revolutionary Georgi Dimitrov bibliography
Grigoraș Dinicu Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3 April 188928 March 1949Composer Hora staccato
Ali Douagi Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 4 January 190927 May 1949sketch artistSahirtu minhu al-layali
Alexander Drankov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
18 January 18863 January 1949photographer, cameraman, film producer
William Price Drury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 8 November 186121 January 1949Writer, soldier, politicianThe Flag Lieutenant
Inés Echeverría Bello Flag of Chile.svg Chile 18681949WriterEntre Deux Mondes
Arthur Eichengrün Flag of Germany.svg Germany 13 August 186723 December 1949Chemist50 Jahre Aspirin
James Ensor Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 13 April 186019 November 1949Artist Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889
Herbert Eulenberg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 25 January 18764 September 1949WriterSchattenbilder. Eine Fibel für Kulturbedürftige in Deutschland
August Fischer Flag of Germany.svg Germany 14 February 186514 February 1949OrientalistArabische Chrestomathie aus Prosaschriftstellern
Victor Fleming Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 February 18896 January 1949Film Director The Wizard of Oz , Gone with the Wind
James Forrestal Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 February 189222 May 1949PoliticianThe Forrestal Diaries
Nikolay Gamaleya Flag of Russia.svg Russia 17 February 185929 March 1949Physician, microbiologist
Henri Giraud Flag of France.svg France 18 January 187911 March 1949GeneralMes Evasions, Un seul but; la victoire: Alger 1942-1944
Hari Singh Gour Flag of India.svg India 26 November 187025 December 1949Jurist, educator, writerThe Penal Law of India
Martin Grabmann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 January 18759 January 1949Priest, HistorianThomas Aquinas: His Personality and Thought
Stanisław Grabski Flag of Poland.svg Poland 5 April 18716 May 1949Economist, Politician
Major Greenwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 9 August 18805 October 1949Epidemiologist Publications
Joan Lamote de Grignon Flag of Spain.svg Spain 7 July 187211 March 1949ComposerLa nit de Nadal
George Gurdjieff Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 13 January 186629 October 1949spiritual teacher The Herald of Coming Good
František Halas Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 October 190127 October 1949Poet, translator
Fritz Hart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 11 February 18749 July 1949Composer, conductor
Syed Zafarul Hasan Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 14 February 188519 June 1949PhilosopherRealism
Kunihiko Hashimoto Flag of Japan.svg Japan 14 September 19046 May 1949ComposerAzami no Hana
Will Hay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 December 188818 April 1949Comedian, amateur astronomerThrough My Telescope
Burton J. Hendrick Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 December 187023 March 1949AuthorThe Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
Johann Jakob Hess Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 January 186629 April 1949EgyptologistVon den Beduinen des inneren Arabiens
Ludwig Hohlwein Flag of Germany.svg Germany 27 July 187415 September 1949Poster artist
William Jackson Humphreys Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 February 186210 November 1949physicist Bibliography
Otto Hupp Flag of Germany.svg Germany 21 May 185931 January 1949graphical artistWappen und Siegel der deutschen Städte, Flecken und Dörfer
Douglas Hyde Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 17 January 186012 July 1949linguistThe necessity for de-anglicising the Irish nation
Edmond Jaloux Flag of France.svg France 19 June 187822 August 1949Novelist Works
Josep Maria Jujol Flag of Spain.svg Spain 16 September 18791 May 1949Architect Casa Batlló, Park Güell
Clarence Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States 18891 June 1949Composer
Pierre Jouguet Flag of France.svg France 14 May 18699 July 1949Egyptologist Works
Unno Juza Flag of Japan.svg Japan 26 December 189717 May 1949Writer of science fiction
Anna Karima Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 18716 March 1949Writer and translator
Selâhattin Kantar Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 187817 November 1949playwrightKara Dana
Kim Ku Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 29 August 187626 June 1949Politician Diary of Kim Ku
Hans Kindler Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 January 189230 August 1949Conductor, cellist, arranger of music Recordings
Hugh Kingsmill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 November 188915 May 1949Writer, journalist
Martin Knudsen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 15 February 187127 May 1949PhysicistThe Kinetic Theory of Gases
József Koszta Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 27 March 186129 July 1949PainterGirl with Geraniums
August Krogh Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 15 November 187413 September 1949ZoologistThe Respiratory Exchange of Animals and Man
Albert Christian Kruyt Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 10 October 186919 January 1949EthnographerThe Bare'e speaking Toraja of Central Sulawesi
Lead Belly Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 January 18886 December 1949Musician, songwriter Goodnight, Irene
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 August 189820 February 1949Poet The Sacred War
Fidelio Ponce de León Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 24 January 189519 February 1949PainterNiňos
Albert Howe Lybyer Flag of the United States.svg United States 18761949orientalistThe Government of the Ottoman Empire in the Time of Suleiman the Magnificent
Carmen Lyra Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 188813 May 1949WriterCuentos De Mi Tia Panchita
Maurice Maeterlinck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 29 August 18626 May 1949Playwright Works
René Maire Flag of France.svg France 29 May 187824 November 1949botanistFlore de l'Afrique du Nord
Jane Mander Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 9 April 187720 December 1949NovelistThe Story of a New Zealand River
Klaus Mann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 18 November 190621 May 1949Novelist Mephisto
J. C. Mardrus Flag of France.svg France 18681949Orientalist Works
Wilhelm von Massow Flag of Germany.svg Germany 12 March 189121 April 1949ArchaeologistDas römische Trier
Elton Mayo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 26 December 18807 September 1949Psychologist Publications
Ibrahim al-Mazini Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 19 August 18891949WriterSpider Webs
Stefan Meyer Flag of Austria.svg Austria 27 April 187229 December 1949PhysicistRadioaktivität
Margaret Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 November 190016 August 1949Novelist Gone with the Wind
Axel Munthe Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 31 October 185711 February 1949Psychiatrist The Story of San Michele
Khalil Mutran Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1 July 18721 June 1949poet
Sarojini Naidu Flag of India.svg India 13 February 18792 March 1949Poet Works
Vladimir Nazor Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 30 May 187619 June 1949Poet, politician
Makino Nobuaki Flag of Japan.svg Japan 24 November 186125 January 1949StatesmanMakino Nobuaki nikki
Vítězslav Novák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 December 187018 July 1949ComposerBouře
Carlos Obligado Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 21 May 18893 February 1949Writer, critic March of the Malvinas
Sidney Olcott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 20 September 187216 December 1949Film director The Pony Express
Francesco Pasinetti Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1 June 19112 April 1949Film Director, screenwriter The Canal of the Angels
Elin Pelin Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 8 July 18773 December 1949Writer
Una Pope-Hennessy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 April 187516 August 1949HistorianSecret Societies and the French Revolution
Camillo Praschniker Flag of Austria.svg Austria 13 October 18841 October 1949ArchaeologistArchäologische Forschungen in Albanien und Montenegro
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 28 July 185425 July 1949politician Works
Alfred Rehder Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 September 186325 July 1949BotanistManual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, Hardy in North America
Albert Rehm Flag of Germany.svg Germany 15 June 187131 July 1949Classical scholarMythographische Untersuchungen über griechische Sternsagen
Gennaro Righelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12 December 18866 January 1949Film director, screenwriter Svengali
Tod Robbins Flag of the United States.svg United States 18881949writer Works
Julius Ruska Flag of Germany.svg Germany 9 February 186711 February 1949OrientalistAl Razi (Rhases) als Chemiker
Antoun Saadeh Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1 March 19048 July 1949PoliticianNushu' al-Umam
E. Robert Schmitz Flag of France.svg France 8 February 18895 September 1949ComposerThe Piano works of Claude Debussy
Paul Schultze-Naumburg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10 June 186919 May 1949ArchitectDie Kunst der Deutschen. Ihr Wesen und ihre Werke
Alexey Shchusev Flag of Russia.svg Russia 8 October 187324 May 1949Architect Lenin's Mausoleum
Nikos Skalkottas Flag of Greece.svg Greece 21 March 190419 September 1949Composer List of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas
G. E. M. Skues Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 13 August 18589 August 1949Writer, fly fisherman The Way of a Trout with the Fly
Frank Smythe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 July 190027 June 1949Mountaineer, author, photographerThe Kangchenjunga Adventure
Edith Somerville Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2 May 18588 October 1949Novelist The Irish R.M.
Edward Stettinius Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 October 190031 October 1949PoliticianRoosevelt and the Russians
Herbert Stothart Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 September 18851 February 1949Composer, songwriter, conductorScore for The Wizard of Oz
Richard Strauss Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 June 18648 September 1949Composer List of compositions
Harry Stack Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 February 189214 January 1949Psychiatrist Works
Ali Mahmoud Taha Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 August 190117 November 1949PoetNights of the Lost Sailor, Palestine
Edward Thorndike Flag of the United States.svg United States 31 August 18749 August 1949Psychologist Works
Joaquín Torres-García Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 28 July 18748 August 1949Artist, writer
Gancho Tsenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 6 June 18701949Historian
Joaquín Turina Flag of Spain.svg Spain 9 December 188214 January 1949Composer Danzas fantásticas
Uemura Shōen Flag of Japan.svg Japan 23 April 187527 August 1949ArtistJo-no-mai
Sigrid Undset Flag of Norway.svg Norway 20 May 188210 June 1949Novelist Works
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 11 October 188713 December 1949theologianFathul Mulhim Sharh Sahih Muslim
Raimond Valgre Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 31 October 191331 December 1949composer, musician
Josef Velenovský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 22 April 18587 May 1949botanist Works
Oswald Garrison Villard Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 March 18721 October 1949Journalist, civil rights activistJohn Brown 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After
Rosy Wertheim Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 19 February 188827 May 1949Composer
Elin Wägner Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 16 May 18827 January 1949NovelistThe Penholder
Lee "Lasses" White Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 August 188816 December 1949Pianist, songwriter, actor
E. H. Young Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 March 18808 August 1949Novelist and children's writer
Arthur Leo Zagat Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 February 18963 April 1949Writer, lawyer
Nikola Zhekov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 6 January 18641 November 1949GeneralMemoirs
Oton Župančič Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 23 January 187811 June 1949Writer, translatorCiciban

United States

It Happened One Night, one of the final pre-Code Hollywood films and Columbia's first major success, will enter the U.S. public domain in 2030. It-happened-one-night-poster.jpg
It Happened One Night , one of the final pre-Code Hollywood films and Columbia's first major success, will enter the U.S. public domain in 2030.

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1934, films released in 1934, and other works published in 1934 will enter the public domain in 2030. [5] Sound recordings published in 1929 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1959 will also enter the public domain.

Two characters from Disney's core animated universe, Donald Duck and Clara Cluck, will enter the public domain in 2030 through their respective debut films, the Silly Symphony cartoon The Wise Little Hen and the Mickey Mouse cartoon Orphan's Benefit (the latter of which also marked the first appearance of Goofy under his familiar identity). Also entering the public domain in 2030 are the comic strip characters Secret Agent X-9, Snuffy Smith, and Colonel Blimp.

The most famous feature films entering the public domain in 2030 are Frank Capra's Best Picture Academy Award winner It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, which is known for its famous hitchhiking scene, and the Laurel and Hardy adaptation of Babes in Toyland (also known under its alternative title March of the Wooden Soldiers). Other notable films entering the public domain in 2030 include Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra , Jean Vigo's L'Atalante , the Alfred Hitchcock films The Man Who Knew Too Much and Waltzes from Vienna, the John Ford films The Lost Patrol, The World Moves On and Judge Priest (the latter starring Will Rogers), Billy Wilder's directorial debut Mauvaise Graine , Sidney Franklin's The Barretts of Wimpole Street starring Norma Shearer and Frederic March, W. S. Van Dyke's The Thin Man and Forsaking All Others , the musical film Stand Up and Cheer! which marked the breakthrough of child actress Shirley Temple, Little Miss Marker (also starring Temple), Victor Fleming's adaptation of Treasure Island , Mark Sandrich's The Gay Divorcee starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Lloyd Bacon's Here Comes the Navy , John M. Stahl's Imitation of Life starring Colbert, Rita Hayworth's debut film Cruz Diablo , Howard Hawks and John Conway's Viva Villa! starring Wallace Beery, Gregory La Cava's The Affairs of Cellini , Raymond Bernard's adaptation of Les Misérables , The Three Stooges' first films in their familiar iteration and for Columbia, and the first Dutch sound film William of Orange .

Notable literary works entering the public domain include the first English translation of The Death Ship , P. G. Wodehouse's novel Thank You, Jeeves and its sequel Right Ho, Jeeves , F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel Tender Is the Night , John Dickson Carr's mystery novel The Plague Court Murders introducing Sir Henry Merrivale, James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice , Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius , Henry Miller's novel Tropic of Cancer , Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust , Rex Stout's detective novel Fer-de-Lance introducing Nero Wolfe, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express , George Orwell's Burmese Days , the first English translation of Mikhail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don , Hergé's Tintin story Cigars of the Pharaoh as a complete album in its original French black-and-white version (including the first introduction of Thomson and Thompson), and Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour . The first of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins novels, featuring the more refined version of its titular character, will also enter the public domain.

Works of art entering the public domain include Salvador Dalí's painting The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table , Joan Miró's Woman, Amrita Sher-Gil's painting The Little Girl in Blue , Diego Rivera's mural Man, Controller of the Universe , and M. C. Escher's lithograph Still Life with Spherical Mirror .

Popular songs entering the public domain in 2030 include "June In January", "Love In Bloom", "Cocktails for Two", and "The Very Thought Of You". The popular Christmas songs "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" will also enter the public domain in 2030; in the former's case, its entry will exclude the more child-friendly revised lyrics (which would later become the second verse) where the snowman is changed from Parson Brown to a circus clown, which did not appear until 1947.

Marc Sleen Estate

The Marc Sleen Foundation, responsible for the estate of Belgian comic book writer Marc Sleen (1922–2016), announced that they will dissolve as a foundation and place all of his works into the public domain on 1 January 2030 through a CC0 declaration. This includes The Adventures of Nero, Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke, De Lustige Kapoentjes, Doris Dobbel, Oktaaf Keunink, and De Ronde van Frankrijk. [6]

The Marc Sleen Museum in Brussels, also run by the foundation, was sold to the Belgian Comic Strip Center. [7]

See also

References

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  6. "The Marc Sleen Foundation is granting the rights to Nero and Co. to the public ahead of schedule". Foundation Marc Sleen. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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