When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works is not uniform. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2029.
Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years
Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years) 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. In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.
NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work Eleanor Hallowell Abbott novelist, poet, short story writer Molly Make-Believe, But Once A Year: Christmas Stories Johannes R. Becher politician, novelist, and poet Auferstanden aus Ruinen James Branch Cabell fantasy writer Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice, Biography of the Life of Manuel Virginia Brindis de Salas Poet Pregón de Marimorena Francis Carco Author Works Maurice Caullery Biologist Selected writings Charles Cestre Academic Works Harry Cohn Filmmaker Pierre-Antoine Cousteau Journalist Publications René Dussaud Archaeologist, Epigrapher BibliographyE. Everett Evans Science fiction author Margiad Evans illustrator, novelist, poet Country Dance, Autobiography, A Ray of Darkness, The Nightingale Silenced Dorothy Canfield Fisher literary critic, memoirist, novelist, short story writer, translator Understood Betsy Marjorie Flack children's writer, illustrator writer of The Story About Ping, illustrator of The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes Lion Feuchtwanger writer, journalist, novelist and playwright author of Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew) Angelina Weld Grimké playwright, poet Rachel Myriam Harry Writer Publications Paul Henry Painter The Great Blasket Islands, Evening on Killary Bay Juan Ramón Jiménez Poet Frédéric Joliot-Curie Chemist Michael Joseph Writer, publisher How to Write Serial Fiction, Puss in Books: A collection of stories about cats, The Sword in the Scabbard Henri de Kérillis Writer Books Maxim Kopf Painter, graphic artist and sculptor paintings from Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands Cyril M. Kornbluth science fiction writer The Little Black Bag, The Marching Morons Henry Kuttner Writer of fantasy, horror fiction, and science fiction. The Graveyard Rats, Mimsy Were the Borogoves Painter Stéphane Lauzanne Journalist Works Georges Lecomte Playwright Works Dorothy Macardle Historian The Irish Republic Rose Macaulay biographer, novelist, travel writer The World My Wilderness, The Towers of Trebizond Roger Martin du Gard Novelist Works Ismail Marzuki composer, songwriter Gugur Bunga, Halo, Halo Bandung, Indonesia Pusaka Johnston McCulley Author Zorro G. E. Moore journal editor, philosopher Principia Ethica, A Defence of Common Sense Charles Langbridge Morgan novelist, playwright The Burning Glass Alfred Noyes playwright, poet, short story writer The Highwayman, Shakespeare's Kingdom Seumas O'Sullivan magazine editor, poet Twilight People, Verses Sacred and Profane Elliot Paul journalist, novelist, screenwriter Life and Death of a Spanish Town, Linden on the Saugus Branch Writer Works H. G. Peter Cartoonist Wonder Woman Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen social scientist Accidente profesionale (Work-related Accidents), Câteva considerațiuni asupra socialismului și asupra roadelor sale (Some Musings on Socialism and Its Results) Lennox Robinson Playwright The Clancy Name, Drama at Inish Rudolph Rocker anarchist publisher and activist Nationalism and Culture Peig Sayers seanchaí (traditional Gaelic storyteller and historian) Peig, Machnamh Seanmhná (An Old Woman's Reflections) Robert W. Service poet The Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Cremation of Sam McGee J. C. Squire historian, literary critic, magazine editor, poet Robin Hood: a farcical romantic pastoral, Shakespeare as a Dramatist John Reed Swanton anthropologist, folklorist, linguist The Indian Tribes of North America, Emanuel Swedenborg, Prophet of the Higher EvolutionPietro Paolo Trompeo Writer Works Ethel Turner children's writer, novelist Seven Little Australians Ralph Vaughan Williams Composer A London Symphony Geoffrey Willans children's writer, humorist, novelist, screenwriter Down with Skool! A Guide to School Life for Tiny Pupils and their Parents, Whizz for Atomms: A Guide to Survival in the 20th Century for Fellow Pupils, their Doting Maters, Pompous Paters and Any Others who are InterestedWilliam Albert Ward (it)1958CartoonistDonald Duck comics
Countries with life + 60 years In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death. Names Country Death Occupation Notable work Peter Arno Cartoonist Karl Barth Theologian Church Dogmatics Enid Blyton Writer The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, Noddy Hugo Butler Screenwriter Lassie Come Home Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Composer Les Guitares bien tempérées Juan José Castro Composer Phra Chenduriyang Composer Thai National Anthem Cho Chi-hun Poet Randolph Churchill Journalist, politician Lord Derby: King of Lancashire Carmelo de Arzadun Painter Kees van Dongen Painter Woman with Large Hat Carl Theodor Dreyer Film Director Michael Marcel Duchamp Artist, writer Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, Fountain Margaret Duley Novelist §Works Edna Ferber Novelist, playwright So Big, Show Boat Red Foley Singer-songwriter Old Shep Lucio Fontana Painter, sculptor Ruth France Librarian, poet, novelist The Race George Gamow Physicist, Science writer One Two Three... Infinity and Mr. Tompkins series Alice Guy-Blaché Filmmaker, screenwriter La Fée aux Choux Otto Hahn Chemist Applied Radiochemistry John Heartfield Artist Fannie Hurst Novelist Imitation of Life, Lummox Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi Religious teacher, poet Tā'liqāt fī mustafīḍah al-fiqh wa-al-uṣūl W. E. Johns Writer, aviator The Biggles series Anna Kavan Writer Ice Helen Keller Author, activist The Story of My Life Robert F. Kennedy Politician, lawyer, author The Enemy Within Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader, minister Why We Can't Wait Robert Z. Leonard Film Director, screenwriter The Great Ziegfeld Albert Lewin Director, screenwriter The Picture of Dorian Gray Trygve Lie Politician, author In the Cause of Peace: Seven Years With The United Nations Howard Lindsay Playwright, librettist State of the Union Little Walter Blues musician Juke Dorothea Mackellar Poet My Country Archie Mayo Film director, actor Night After Night Ramón Menéndez Pidal Historian La España del Cid Thomas Merton Monk, author The Seven Storey Mountain Writer, journalist Memorias de Juan Pedro Camargo Wes Montgomery Jazz guitarist The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Elsie K. Morton Journalist, writer Along the Road: a book of New Zealand life and travel Walter Nash Politician New Zealand: a working democracy Edwin O'Connor Novelist, journalist The Last Hurrah, The Edge of Sadness Erwin Panofsky Art Historian Early Netherlandish Painting Mervyn Peake Writer Gormenghast Trilogy Salvatore Quasimodo Writer Giorno dopo giorno Herbert Read Art Historian To Hell With Culture Conrad Richter Novelist The Town Nelle Scanlan Novelist, journalist The Pencarrow series Upton Sinclair Writer The Jungle John Steinbeck Novelist Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath Tian Han Playwright March of the Volunteers, Xie Yaohuan Rose Wilder Lane Writer, Political Theorist The Discovery of Freedom Clare Winger Harris Writer Away From the Here and Now Writer, playwright, historian, journalist, politician La cruz de los caminos, Alto Alegre Karl Zuchardt Novelist Wie lange noch, Bonaparte?
Countries with life + 50 years
In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, New Zealand, and Egypt, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.
NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work Leigh Brackett Writer, screenwriter Shadow Over Mars Edmund Crispin Writer, composer Gervase Fen stories Don Freeman Cartoonist, penciler, illustrator, writer Corduroy Pope John Paul I Pope Illustrissimi Jane Lane Writer He Stooped to Conquer Amelia Reynolds Long Writer Behind the Evidence Margaret Mead Anthropologist Coming of Age in Samoa William Middleton Illustrator The Railway Series Hope Mirrlees Writer Lud-in-the-Mist Ward Moore Writer Bring the Jubilee Carola Oman Writer The Road Royal Pak Mok-wol Poet Helmy Rafla DirectorSelected filmography Juancho Polo Valencia Songwriter "Alicia Adorada" Eric Frank Russell Writer "Allamagoosa" Jack L. Warner Filmmaker Armin T. Wegner Writer, human rights activist Five Fingers Over You Guo Moruo Author, poet, historian, archaeologist Works
Countries with life + 80 years
Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.