# 2022 in public domain

The following is a list of creators whose works entered the public domain on 1 January 2022. When copyright expires in a creative work, it enters the public domain. Since copyright terms vary from country to country, the copyright status of a work may not be the same in all countries.

## Countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after its creator's death, if it was published during their lifetime. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first retain the publication rights for 25 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator's that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.
Other countries with a copyright term of life + 70 years are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Japan, Russia, Indonesia, Israel, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Singapore, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| Louis Adamic | United States | 23 March 1898 | 4 September 1951 | Writer | Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America |
| Bartlett Adamson | Australia | 22 December 1884 | 4 November 1951 | Journalist, writer, and political activist | |
| Jyoti Prasad Agarwala | India | 17 June 1903 | 17 January 1951 | Film director, playwright, writer | Joymoti |
| Choudhry Rahmat Ali | Pakistan | 16 November 1897 | 3 February 1951 | Jurist | Pakistan Declaration |
| Muhammad Ali | India | 1874 | 13 October 1951 | Writer | |
| Egbert Van Alstyne | United States | 4 March 1878 | 9 July 1951 | Composer | "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", "Pretty Baby" |
| Aram Andonian | Armenia | 1875 | 23 December 1951 | Writer | The Memoirs of Naim Bey |
| Leopold Andrian | Austria | 9 May 1875 | 19 November 1951 | Writer | |
| Henry W. Armstrong | United States | 22 July 1879 | 28 February 1951 | Composer | Sweet Adeline |
| Numa Ayrinhac | Argentina | 5 September 1881 | 23 March 1951 | Painter | |
| Resurrección María de Azkue | Spain | 5 August 1864 | 9 November 1951 | Writer | |
| Mohammad-Taqi Bahar | Iran | 10 December 1886 | 22 April 1951 | Poet | |
| R. H. Barlow | United States | 18 May 1918 | 2 January 1951 | Writer, anthropologist | |
| Sarah Jane Baines | Australia | 30 November 1866 | 20 February 1951 | Feminist, suffragette, social reformer | |
| Jacques de Baroncelli | France | 25 June 1881 | 12 January 1951 | Film director | |
| Gaspar Agüero Barreras | Cuba | 15 February 1873 | 18 May 1951 | Pianist, composer | |
| Pramathesh Barua | India | 24 October 1903 | 29 November 1951 | Film director, actor, writer | |
| Daisy Bates | Australia | 16 October 1859 | 18 April 1951 | Journalist, welfare worker | |
| Celadet Alî Bedirxan | Turkey | 26 April 1893 | 1951 | Writer, linguist | |
| Frank Weston Benson | United States | 24 March 1862 | 15 November 1951 | Painter | List of works by Frank Weston Benson |
| Jørgen Bentzon | Denmark | 14 February 1897 | 9 July 1951 | Composer | |
| Konstantin Biebl | Czech Republic | 26 February 1898 | 12 November 1951 | Poet | |
| Leo Birinski | Germany | 8 June 1884 | 23 October 1951 | Playwright, screenwriter, film director | |
| Dorothea Foster Black | Australia | 23 December 1891 | 13 September 1951 | Painter and printmaker | |
| Algernon Blackwood | United Kingdom | 14 March 1869 | 10 December 1951 | Journalist, writer | Incredible Adventures, "The Willows", "The Wendigo" and The Doll and One Other |
| Francisco Boix | Spain | 31 August 1920 | 7 July 1951 | Photographer | Photographs of Mauthausen concentration camp |
| Ivanoe Bonomi | Italy | 18 October 1873 | 20 April 1951 | Politician | |
| Stephen Bonsal | United States | 29 March 1865 | 8 June 1951 | Journalist, writer | |
| Tadeusz Borowski | Poland | 12 November 1922 | 3 July 1951 | Writer, journalist | |
| Herman Charles Bosman | South Africa | 5 February 1905 | 14 October 1951 | Writer | |
| Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau | France | 6 February 1889 | 25 February 1951 | Sculptor | |
| James Bridie | Scotland | 3 January 1888 | 29 January 1951 | Playwright, screenwriter, physician | |
| Hermann Broch | Austria | 1 November 1886 | 30 May 1951 | Writer | The Sleepwalkers, The Death of Virgil |
| Gelett Burgess | United States | 30 January 1866 | 18 September 1951 | Writer | "Purple Cow" |
| Abraham Cahan | United States | 7 July 1860 | 31 August 1951 | Writer | The Rise of David Levinsky |
| Andrew Caldecott | United Kingdom | 26 October 1884 | 14 July 1951 | Writer and British colonial administrator | |
| Amy Carmichael | Ireland | 16 December 1867 | 18 January 1951 | Writer | |
| John Alden Carpenter | United States | 28 February 1876 | 26 April 1951 | Composer | |
| Ethel Carrick | Australia | 7 February 1872 | 17 June 1951 | Artist | |
| Émile Chartier | France | 3 March 1868 | 2 June 1951 | Writer | |
| Alphonse de Châteaubriant | France | 25 March 1877 | 2 May 1951 | Writer | Monsieur des Lourdines, La Brière |
| Peter Cheyney | United Kingdom | 22 February 1896 | 26 June 1951 | Writer | Lemmy Caution, Slim Callaghan |
| Ben Chifley | Australia | 22 September 1885 | 13 June 1951 | Politician | |
| Cho Ki-chon | North Korea | 6 November 1913 | 31 July 1951 | Poet | |
| Gendün Chöphel | Tibet | 1903 | 1951 | Writer, poet | |
| Al Christie | Canada | 23 October 1881 | 14 April 1951 | Film director | |
| Halfdan Cleve | Norway | 5 October 1879 | 6 April 1951 | Composer | |
| Christabel Cockerell | United Kingdom | 1864 | 18 March 1951 | Painter | |
| Edith Coleman | Australia | 29 July 1874 | 3 June 1951 | Naturalist | |
| Gustav Cords | Germany | 12 October 1870 | 18 February 1951 | Composer | |
| Cara David | Australia | 26 April 1856 | 25 December 1951 | Educator, feminist, social reformer | |
| Wilfrid de Glehn | United Kingdom | 1870 | 11 May 1951 | Painter | |
| Nirupama Devi | India | 7 May 1883 | 7 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Enrique Santos Discépolo | Argentina | 27 March 1901 | 23 December 1951 | Composer, director | |
| Hans Andrias Djurhuus | Faroe Islands | 20 October 1883 | 6 May 1951 | Poet, writer | |
| Lloyd C. Douglas | United States | 27 August 1877 | 13 February 1951 | Writer, pastor | Magnificent Obsession, The Robe |
| Georgios Drossinis | Greece | 9 December 1859 | 3 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Frank DuMond | United States | 20 August 1865 | 6 February 1951 | Illustrator, painter | |
| József Egry | Hungary | 1883 | 1951 | Painter | |
| Mário Eloy | Portugal | 15 March 1900 | 5 September 1951 | Painter | |
| Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria | Georgia | 3 February 1868 | 1 May 1951 | Writer | |
| John Erskine | United States | 5 October 1879 | 2 June 1951 | Writer, composer | The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent |
| 'Abd al-'Aziz Fahmi [it] | Egypt | 23 December 1870 | 1951 | Poet | |
| Georgy Fedotov | Russia | 1 October 1886 | 1 September 1951 | Writer | |
| Fei Mu | China | 10 October 1906 | 31 January 1951 | Film director | Spring in a Small Town |
| Jerzy Fitelberg | United States | 20 May 1903 | 25 April 1951 | Composer | |
| Kristo Floqi | Albania | 24 May 1876 | 1 July 1951 | Playwright, politician | |
| John Flynn | Australia | 25 November 1880 | 5 May 1951 | Minister, aviator | |
| Josef Bohuslav Foerster | Czech Republic | 30 December 1859 | 29 May 1951 | Composer | List of compositions by Josef Bohuslav Foerster |
| Robert J. Flaherty | United States | 16 February 1884 | 23 July 1951 | Filmmaker | Nanook of the North |
| Pietro Frosini | Italy | 9 August 1885 | 2 September 1951 | Musician, composer | |
| Gao Jianfu | China | 1879 | 1951 | Painter | |
| André Gide | France | 22 November 1869 | 19 February 1951 | Writer | Bibliography of André Gide |
| Bert Grant | United States | 12 July 1878 | 9 May 1951 | Composer | |
| María Grever | Mexico | 14 September 1885 | 15 December 1951 | Composer | "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" |
| René Guenon | France | 15 November 1886 | 7 January 1951 | Philosopher and Sufi Scholar | The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times |
| Jacinto Guerrero | Spain | 16 August 1895 | 15 September 1951 | Composer | |
| James Norman Hall | United States | 22 April 1887 | 5 July 1951 | Writer | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Ebbe Hamerik | Denmark | 5 September 1898 | 12 August 1951 | Composer | |
| Tamiki Hara | Japan | 15 November 1905 | 13 March 1951 | Writer | Summer Flower |
| Fumiko Hayashi | Japan | 31 December 1903 | 28 June 1951 | Writer | Bangiku |
| Józef Hecht | Poland | 14 December 1891 | 19 June 1951 | Printmaker, painter | |
| Sadegh Hedayat | Iran | 17 February 1903 | 9 April 1951 | Writer, poet | The Blind Owl, The Stray Dog |
| Thomas N. Heffron | United States | 13 June 1872 | 24 May 1951 | Film director | |
| Herman Hupfeld | United States | 1 February 1894 | 8 June 1951 | Songwriter | "As Time Goes By", "Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)" |
| Jenő Illés | Hungary | 28 January 1879 | 17 October 1951 | Film director | |
| Ernest Ludvig Ipsen | United States | 5 September 1869 | 2 November 1951 | Painter | |
| George Jeske | United States | 22 February 1891 | 28 October 1951 | Film director | |
| Tor Jonsson | Norway | 14 May 1916 | 14 January 1951 | Poet | |
| Gustave-Henri Jossot | France | 16 April 1866 | 7 April 1951 | Illustrator, painter | |
| Robert Kahn | Germany | 21 July 1865 | 29 May 1951 | Composer | |
| Alfrēds Kalniņš | Latvia | 23 August 1879 | 23 December 1951 | Composer | |
| Karl Maria Kaufmann | Germany | 2 March 1872 | 6 February 1951 | Archeologist | |
| Kim Dong-in | Korea | 2 October 1900 | 5 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Kim Myeong-sun | Korea | 20 January 1896 | 22 June 1951 | Writer | |
| Kitawaki Noboru | Japan | 4 June 1901 | 18 December 1951 | Painter | |
| Tyra Kleen | Sweden | 29 June 1874 | 17 September 1951 | Writer | |
| Georg af Klercker | Sweden | 15 December 1877 | 13 November 1951 | Film director | South of the Highway |
| Katarzyna Kobro | Poland | 26 January 1898 | 21 February 1951 | Avant-garde sculptor | |
| Alexander Krein | Soviet Union | 20 October 1883 | 25 April 1951 | Composer | |
| Kwee Tek Hoay | Indonesia | 31 July 1886 | 4 July 1951 | Writer | List of works by Kwee Tek Hoay |
| Constant Lambert | United Kingdom | 23 August 1905 | 21 August 1951 | Composer | List of compositions by Constant Lambert |
| Louis Lavelle | France | 15 July 1883 | 1 September 1951 | Philosopher | |
| Ernestina Lecuona | Cuba | 16 January 1882 | 3 September 1951 | Pianist, composer | |
| Henri-René Lenormand | France | 3 May 1882 | 16 February 1951 | Playwright | |
| Sinclair Lewis | United States | 7 February 1885 | 10 January 1951 | Writer | Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith |
| J. C. Leyendecker | United States | 23 March 1874 | 25 July 1951 | Illustrator | The Arrow Collar Man |
| Heinz von Lichberg | Germany | 1890 | 14 March 1951 | Writer | "Lolita" |
| Ana Aurora do Amaral Lisboa (pt) | Brazil | 24 September 1860 | 22 March 1951 | Poet | |
| Benito Lynch | Argentina | 25 July 1885 | 23 December 1951 | Writer | The Caranchos of Florida, The Englishman of the Bones, The Romance of a Gaucho |
| Richard Malden | United Kingdom | 19 October 1879 | 19 August 1951 | Biblical scholar, editor, author of ghost stories | |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Finland | 4 June 1867 | 27 January 1951 | Politician, memoirist | |
| Homero Manzi | Argentina | 1 November 1907 | 3 May 1951 | Writer | |
| Edwin L. Marin | United States | 21 February 1899 | 2 May 1951 | Film director | |
| Konstantin Märska | Estonia | 28 May 1896 | 30 August 1951 | Film director | |
| Nellie McClung | Canada | 20 October 1873 | 1 September 1951 | Writer | |
| Nikolai Medtner | Russia | 5 January 1880 | 13 November 1951 | Composer | List of compositions by Nikolai Medtner |
| Oscar Micheaux | United States | 2 January 1884 | 25 March 1951 | Writer, director | |
| Hasrat Mohani | India | 14 October 1875 | 13 May 1951 | Independence activist, poet | |
| Giuseppe Mulè | Italy | 28 June 1885 | 10 September 1951 | Composer | |
| Takashi Nagai | Japan | 3 February 1908 | 1 May 1951 | Writer | The Bells of Nagasaki |
| Nam Cao | Vietnam | 1915 | 1951 | Writer | |
| Ștefan Neaga | Moldova | 7 December 1900 | 30 May 1951 | Composer | Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Ndoc Nikaj | Albania | 15 June 1864 | 16 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Ivor Novello | United Kingdom | 15 January 1893 | 6 March 1951 | Composer | "Keep the Home Fires Burning" |
| Selim Palmgren | Finland | 16 February 1878 | 13 December 1951 | Composer, pianist | |
| Pyotr Pavlenko | Soviet Union | 11 July 1899 | 16 June 1951 | Writer | |
| Scott Pembroke | United States | 13 September 1889 | 21 February 1951 | Film director | |
| Brian Penton | Australia | 21 August 1904 | 24 August 1951 | Journalist, novelist | Landtakers |
| Felix Petyrek | Austria | 14 May 1892 | 1 December 1951 | Composer | |
| Andrei Platonov | Soviet Union | 28 August 1899 | 5 January 1951 | Writer | The Foundation Pit |
| Ľudmila Podjavorinská | Slovakia | 26 April 1872 | 2 March 1951 | Writer, poet | |
| Clara Katharina Pollaczek | Austria | 15 January 1875 | 22 July 1951 | Writer | |
| Voydan Popgeorgiev – Chernodrinski | Bulgaria | 15 January 1875 | 8 January 1951 | Playwright, writer | Macedonian Blood Wedding |
| George Henry Powell | United Kingdom | 27 April 1880 | 3 December 1951 | Songwriter | "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag" |
| Paula von Preradović | Austria | 12 October 1887 | 25 May 1951 | Writer | National anthem of Austria |
| James Peter Quinn | Australia | 4 December 1869 | 18 February 1951 | Painter | |
| Assen Razcvetnikov | Bulgaria | 2 November 1897 | 30 July 1951 | Writer | |
| Godofredo Rangel | Brazil | 21 November 1884 | 4 August 1951 | Writer, translator | |
| Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi | Iran | 1895 | 1951 | Poet | |
| Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy | India | 10 December 1880 | 24 February 1951 | Educator, writer | |
| Henri Rivière | France | 11 March 1864 | 24 August 1951 | Painter | |
| Sigmund Romberg | United States | 29 July 1887 | 9 November 1951 | Composer | |
| Phil Rosen | United States | 8 May 1888 | 22 October 1951 | Film director | |
| Georges Hanna Sabbagh | France | 1877 | 1951 | Painter | |
| Pedro Salinas | Spain | 27 November 1891 | 4 December 1951 | Poet | |
| Harry Schmidt | Germany | 21 June 1894 | 7 September 1951 | Mathematician | |
| Artur Schnabel | Austria | 17 April 1882 | 15 August 1951 | Classical pianist, composer | Artur Schnabel's recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Austria United States | 13 September 1874 | 13 July 1951 | Composer, music theorist | List of compositions by Arnold Schoenberg |
| Percival Serle | Australia | 18 July 1871 | 16 December 1951 | Writer | |
| Robert Seton-Watson | United Kingdom | 20 August 1879 | 25 July 1951 | Historian | |
| Levon Shant | Armenia | 6 April 1869 | 29 November 1951 | Playwright | |
| Angelos Sikelianos | Greece | 28 March 1884 | 19 June 1951 | Poet, playwright | |
| S. Sylvan Simon | United States | 9 March 1910 | 17 May 1951 | Film director | |
| Houcine Slaoui | Morocco | 1921 | 1951 | Musician | |
| John Sloan | United States | 2 August 1871 | 7 September 1951 | Painter | |
| Pamela Colman Smith | United Kingdom | 16 February 1878 | 18 September 1951 | Illustrator | Rider–Waite tarot deck |
| Henry De Vere Stacpoole | Ireland | 9 April 1863 | 12 April 1951 | Writer | The Blue Lagoon |
| Paul L. Stein | Austria | 4 February 1892 | 2 May 1951 | Film director | |
| Arthur Szyk | Poland | 16 June 1894 | 13 September 1951 | Illustrator | |
| Abanindranath Tagore | India | 7 August 1871 | 5 December 1951 | Painter, writer | |
| Maila Talvio | Finland | 17 October 1871 | 6 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Mary Tannahill | United States | 11 January 1863 | 21 June 1951 | Painter | |
| Nikoghayos Tigranian | Armenia | 31 August 1856 | 17 February 1951 | Composer | |
| Timrava | Slovakia | 2 October 1867 | 27 November 1951 | Writer | |
| Marcel Tournier | France | 5 January 1879 | 8 May 1951 | Composer | |
| Walter Trier | Germany | 25 June 1890 | 8 July 1951 | Illustrator | Illustration of Emil and the Detectives and Lilliput covers |
| Manuel Ugarte | Argentina | 1875 | 1951 | Writer | |
| Jan Valtin | Germany | 4 May 1907 | 14 January 1951 | Writer, covert agent | |
| Maxence Van der Meersch | France | 4 May 1907 | 14 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Vsevolod Vishnevsky | Soviet Union | 21 December 1900 | 28 February 1951 | Playwright | |
| Henrik Visnapuu | Estonia | 2 January 1890 | 3 April 1951 | Poet | |
| Will Vodery | United States | 8 October 1885 | 18 November 1951 | Composer | |
| Volodymyr Vynnychenko | Ukraine | 28 July 1880 | 6 March 1951 | Writer, playwright | |
| Richard Wallace | United States | 26 August 1894 | 3 November 1951 | Film director | |
| Jean-Jacques Waltz | France | 23 February 1873 | 10 June 1951 | Illustrator | |
| Nik Welter | Luxembourg | 2 January 1871 | 13 July 1951 | Writer | |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein | Austria United Kingdom | 26 April 1889 | 29 April 1951 | Philosopher | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations |
| Wols | Germany | 27 May 1913 | 1 September 1951 | Painter, photographer | |
| Gregorios Xenopoulos | Greece | 9 December 1867 | 14 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Miyamoto Yuriko | Japan | 13 February 1899 | 21 January 1951 | Writer | |
| Corrado Zoli | Italy | 3 January 1877 | 8 December 1951 | Writer | |
| Hermynia Zur Mühlen | Austria | 12 December 1883 | 20 March 1951 | Writer, translator | |

## Countries with life + 60 years

| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| Fani Badayuni | India | 1879 | 27 August 1961 | Poet | |
| Chandradhar Barua | India | 15 October 1874 | 1 December 1961 | Poet, novelist | |
| Charu Chandra Bhattacharya | India | 29 June 1883 | 26 August 1961 | Scientific writer | |
| Bhupendranath Datta | India | 4 December 1880 | 1 December 1961 | Poet, novelist | |
| Mazo de la Roche | Canada | 15 January 1879 | 12 July 1961 | Writer | Jalna |
| Dashiell Hammett | United States | 6 April 1896 | 4 February 1961 | Writer | The Continental Op, Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles |
| Hazel Heald | United States | 6 April 1896 | 4 February 1961 | Writer | |
| Ernest Hemingway | United States | 21 July 1899 | 2 July 1961 | Writer | Ernest Hemingway bibliography |
| Arata Osada (jp) | Japan | 1 February 1887 | 18 April 1961 | Professor | Children of the A-Bomb: Testament of the Boys and Girls of Hiroshima (jp) |
| R. P. Sethu Pillai | India | 2 March 1996 | 25 April 1961 | Lawyer, professor | |
| Nalam Krishna Rao | India | 18 January 1881 | 1961 | Magazine editor | |
| Saralabala Sarkar | India | 10 December 1875 | 1 December 1961 | Novelist | |
| Sachin Sengupta | India | 1891 | 5 March 1961 | Playwright | |
| Nalin Vilochan Sharma | India | 18 February 1916 | 12 September 1961 | Professor | |
| Clark Ashton Smith | United States | 6 April 1896 | 4 February 1961 | Writer | Clark Ashton Smith bibliography |
| Rathindranath Tagore | India | 27 November 1888 | 3 June 1961 | Agronomist | |
| Vattikota Alwar Swamy | India | 1 November 1915 | 5 February 1961 | Human rights activist, journalist | Jailu Lopala |
| Suryakant Tripathi | India | 21 February 1899 | 15 October 1961 | Poet, short story writer | Hindi translation of Anandmath |

## Countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay, a work enters the public domain 50 years after its creator's death.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| Kate Aitken | Canada | 6 April 1891 | 11 December 1971 | Broadcaster | Books |
| Ya'qoub Al-Oudat | Jordan | 1909 | 23 September 1971 | Poet, writer | Biography of Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull |
| John Beaglehole | New Zealand | 13 June 1901 | 10 October 1971 | Historian | The Life of Captain James Cook |
| James Boswell (artist) | New Zealand | 9 June 1906 | 15 April 1971 | Artist | The Artist's Dilemma |
| John W. Campbell | United States | 8 June 1910 | 11 July 1971 | Author and editor | Who Goes There? |
| Brock Chisholm | Canada | 18 May 1896 | 4 February 1971 | Psychiatrist | Works |
| August Derleth | United States | 24 February 1909 | 4 July 1971 | Writer | August Derleth bibliography |
| Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri | Egypt | 11 August 1895 | 21 July 1971 | Legal scholar | Al-Waseet fil Qanun |
| Gerardo Gombau [es] | Spain | 3 August 1886 | 13 December 1971 | Composer | |
| Helmy Halim | Egypt | 6 March 1916 | 18 November 1971 | Film director | Our Beautiful Days |
| Samuel Alfred Haynes | Belize | 1899 | 1971 | Civil rights activist, poet | Land of the Free |
| Usmar Ismail | Indonesia | 20 March 1921 | 2 January 1971 | Film director | Darah dan Doa |
| Abdul Jabbar Jomard | Iraq | December 1909 | 30 November 1971 | Historian, Poet | |
| Paul Lévy | France | 15 September 1886 | 15 December 1971 | Mathematician | Calcul des Probabilités |
| C. C. MacApp | United States | 27 November 1917 | 15 November 1971 | SF author | "The Mercurymen" |
| Reginald Alec Martin | United Kingdom | January 1908 | 27 June 1971 | Children's writer | Kemlo |
| R. A. K. Mason | New Zealand | 10 January 1905 | 13 July 1971 | Poet | Works |
| Janka Maŭr | Belarus | 11 May 1883 | 3 August 1971 | Children's writer, translator | |
| Ghulam Rasool Mehr | Pakistan | 13 April 1895 | 16 November 1971 | Scholar | Books |
| Jim Morrison | United States | 8 December 1943 | 3 July 1971 | Musician | The Doors discography |
| Ogden Nash | United States | 19 August 1902 | 19 May 1971 | Poet | Bibliography of Ogden Nash |
| Andre Ryder | Greece Egypt | 10 August 1908 | 5 March 1971 | Musician | |
| Tawfīq Sāyigh [ar] | Palestine | 1923 | 1971 | Poet | |
| Stevie Smith | United Kingdom | 20 September 1902 | 7 March 1971 | Poet, writer | Works |
| Igor Stravinsky | Russia | 17 June 1882 | 6 April 1971 | Composer | List of compositions by Igor Stravinsky |
| Frank Underhill | Canada | 26 November 1889 | 16 September 1971 | Historian | Upper Canadian Politics in the 1850s |
| Philip Wylie | United States | 12 May 1902 | 25 October 1971 | Author | Gladiator |

## Australia

In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with America and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some British authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). Hence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors would come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).

## Countries with life + 80 years

Spain, Colombia, and Equatorial Guinea have a copyright term of life + 80 years. For Spain this is for creators who died before 1987. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator's that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| Prudenci Bertrana | Spain | 19 January 1867 | 21 November 1941 | Writer | Entre la terra i els núvols |
| J. Stuart Blackton | United Kingdom United States | 5 January 1875 | 13 August 1941 | Cartoonist, film producer and director | Humorous Phases of Funny Faces |
| Henry Justice Ford | United Kingdom | 1860 | 1941 | Artist and illustrator | Lang's Fairy Books |
| James Joyce | Ireland | 2 February 1882 | 13 January 1941 | Writer | Ulysses, Dubliners and Finnegans Wake |
| José Fernández del Villar [es] | Spain | 26 December 1888 | 2 April 1941 | Playwright | Plays |
| Hugh Walpole | United Kingdom | 13 March 1884 | 1 June 1941 | Author | Rogue Herries, The Cathedral and The Dark Forest |
| Virginia Woolf | United Kingdom | 25 January 1882 | 28 March 1941 | Author | Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves |

## United States

All sheet music published in 1926 entered the public domain. Under the Music Modernization Act, tens of thousands of sound recordings that were published before 1923 entered the public domain on 1 January 2022. The Library of Congress says that this will result in "Increased public and online access to previously unavailable recordings and expanded opportunities to explore the earliest days of our sound recording heritage." Sound recordings that were first published after December 31, 1922, have not yet entered the public domain.
Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1926, films released in 1926, and other works published in 1926 entered the public domain in 2022.
Notable books entering the public domain in the United States included The Sun Also Rises, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Winnie-the-Pooh, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Bambi, a Life in the Woods.
Notable films entering the public domain in the United States included Don Juan (one of the early sound films) and The Son of the Sheik (Rudolph Valentino's final film).
Unpublished works by authors who died in 1951 entered the public domain.
Minecraft’s End Poem written by Julian Gough was released into the public domain under Creative Commons CC0 1.0.
In 2022 Théâtre D'opéra Spatial was created and became the first AI-generated artwork to win a big art price. However the United States copyright office declined to grant it a copyright-status because it was "predominantly not made by humans", allowing it to automatically fall in the public domain.