2022 in public domain

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 For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first retain the publication rights for 25 years.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 will enter the public domain on 1 January 2022.

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
Choudhry Rahmat Ali	Pakistan	16 November 1897	3 February 1951	Jurist	Pakistan Declaration
Muhammad Ali	India	1874	13 October 1951	Writer	Works
Egbert Van Alstyne	United States	4 March 1878	9 July 1951	Composer
Leopold Andrian	Austria	9 May 1875	19 November 1951	Writer
Henry W. Armstrong	United States	22 July 1879	28 February 1951	Composer	"Sweet Adeline"
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
Gaspar Agüero Barreras	Cuba	15 February 1873	18 May 1951	Pianist, composer
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
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
Tadeusz Borowski	Poland	12 November 1922	3 July 1951	Writer, journalist
James Bridie	Scotland	3 January 1888	29 January 1951	Playwright, screenwriter, physician	Bibliography
Hermann Broch	Austria	1 November 1886	30 May 1951	Writer	The Sleepwalkers, The Death of Virgil
Abraham Cahan	United States	7 July 1860	31 August 1951	Writer	The Rise of David Levinsky
John Alden Carpenter	United States	28 February 1876	26 April 1951	Composer
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
Halfdan Cleve	Norway	5 October 1879	6 April 1951	Composer
Wilfrid de Glehn	United Kingdom	1870	11 May 1951	Painter
Enrique Santos Discépolo	Argentina	27 March 1901	23 December 1951	Composer, director
Lloyd C. Douglas	United States	27 August 1877	13 February 1951	Writer, pastor	Magnificent Obsession, The Robe
Frank DuMond	United States	20 August 1865	6 February 1951	Illustrator, painter
Mário Eloy	Portugal	15 March 1900	5 September 1951	Painter
John Erskine	United States	5 October 1879	2 June 1951	Writer, composer	The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent
'Abd al-'Aziz Fahmi	Egypt	23 December 1870	1951	Poet
Jerzy Fitelberg	United States	20 May 1903	25 April 1951	Composer
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
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
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
Fumiko Hayashi	Japan	31 December 1903	28 June 1951	Writer	Bangiku
Sadegh Hedayat	Iran	17 February 1903	9 April 1951	Writer, poet	The Blind Owl, The Stray Dog
Ernest Ludvig Ipsen	United States	5 September 1869	2 November 1951	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	Works
Kim Dong-in	Korea	2 October 1900	5 January 1951	Writer
Kim Myeong-sun	Korea	20 January 1896	22 June 1951	Writer
Alexander Krein	Soviet Union	20 October 1883	25 April 1951	Composer
Constant Lambert	United Kingdom	23 August 1905	21 August 1951	Composer	List of compositions by Constant Lambert
Ernestina Lecuona	Cuba	16 January 1882	3 September 1951	Pianist, composer
Sinclair Lewis	United States	7 February 1885	10 January 1951	Writer	Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith
Ana Aurora do Amaral Lisboa (pt)	Brazil	24 September 1860	22 March 1951	Poet
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim	Finland	4 June 1867	27 January 1951	Politician, memoirist
Homero Manzi	Argentina	1 November 1907	3 May 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
Giuseppe Mulè	Italy	28 June 1885	10 September 1951	Composer
Selim Palmgren	Finland	16 February 1878	13 December 1951	Composer, pianist
Pyotr Pavlenko	Soviet Union	11 July 1899	16 June 1951	Writer
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
Paula von Preradović	Austria	12 October 1887	25 May 1951	Writer
Godofredo Rangel	Brazil	21 November 1884	4 August 1951	Writer, translator
Henri Rivière	France	11 March 1864	24 August 1951	Painter
Sigmund Romberg	United States	29 July 1887	9 November 1951	Composer
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
Levon Shant	Armenia	6 April 1869	29 November 1951	Playwright
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 United Kingdom	9 April 1863	12 April 1951	Writer	The Blue Lagoon
Arthur Szyk	Poland	16 June 1894	13 September 1951	Illustrator
Abanindranath Tagore	India	7 August 1871	5 December 1951	Painter, 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
Maxence Van der Meersch	France	4 May 1907	14 January 1951	Writer
Volodymyr Vynnychenko	Ukraine	28 July 1880	6 March 1951	Writer, playwright
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
Miyamoto Yuriko	Japan	13 February 1899	21 January 1951	Writer
Corrado Zoli	Italy	3 January 1877	8 December 1951	Writer

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, Biographer	Biography of Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull
Brock Chisholm	Canada	18 May 1896	4 February 1971	Psychiatrist	Works
Marcel Dupré	France	3 May 1886	30 May 1971	Composer
Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri	Egypt	11 August 1895	21 July 1971	Legal scholar	Al-Waseet fil Qanun
Gerardo Gombau	Spain	3 August 1886	13 December 1971	Composer
Helmy Halim	Egypt	6 March 1916	18 November 1971	Director	Ayyamna al-Holwa
Abdul Jabbar Jomard	Iraq	December 1909	30 November 1971	Historian, Poet
Janka Maŭr	Belarus	11 May 1883	3 August 1971	Children’s writer, translator
Ghulam Rasool Mehr	Pakistan	13 April 1895	16 November 1971	Muslim 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	Works
Andre Ryder	Greece Egypt	10 August 1908	5 March 1971	Musician
Tawfīq Sāyigh	Palestine	1923	1971	Poet
Stevie Smith	United Kingdom	20 September 1902	7 March 1971	Poet, Novelist	Works
Igor Stravinsky	Russia	17 June 1882	6 April 1971	Composer	Works
Henri Tomasi	France	17 August 1901	13 January 1971	Composer
Frank Underhill	Canada	26 November 1889	16 September 1971	Historian	Upper Canadian Politics in the 1850s

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 will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).[1]

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years 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
James Joyce	Ireland	2 February 1882	13 January 1941	Writer	Ulysses, Dubliners and Finnegans Wake
José Fernández del Villar	Spain	26 December 1888	2 April 1941	Playwright	Plays

All sheet music published in 1926 enters the public domain. Under the Music Modernization Act, tens of thousands of sound recordings that were published before 1923 will enter the public domain on 1 January 2022.[2][3] 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."[2] No sound recordings that were published after December 31, 1922, will enter the public domain.[4]

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1926, films released in 1926 (including Don Juan one of the early sound films), and other works published in 1926, will enter the public domain in 2022.[5]

Notable books entering the public domain in the United States include Winnie-the-Pooh, The Sun Also Rises,[6] and the 13th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (the most recent supplement to the 11th edition).

Unpublished works whose authors died in 1951 will enter the public domain.

• 1951 in literature and 1971 in literature for writers who died in those years
• Public Domain Day
• Creative Commons

• Media related to 2022 in the public domain at Wikimedia Commons

• "Authors by Year of Death - 1951". AuthorAndBookInfo.com.
• Popular Books of 1926 at Goodreads