2018 in public domain
Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
James Agate United Kingdom 9 September 1877 6 June 1947 Writer , critic Ego
Tilly Aston Australia 11 December 1873 1 November 1947 Educator , writer
Joseph Barcroft United Kingdom 26 July 1872 21 March 1947 Physiologist The Respiratory Function of the Blood
Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes United Kingdom 5 August 1868 14 November 1947 Novelist The Lodger
J. D. Beresford United Kingdom 17 March 1873 1 February 1947 Science fiction and horror author The Hampdenshire Wonder
Augustin Bernard [ fr ] France 26 August 1865 29 December 1947 Geographer Les Confins algéro-marocains
Tristan Bernard France 7 September 1866 7 December 1947 Playwright Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé
Jean-Richard Bloch France 25 May 1884 15 March 1947 Writer
Luigi Bonelli Italy 20 September 1865 26 January 1947 Orientalist Lessico italiano-turco
Pierre Bonnard France 3 October 1867 23 January 1947 Painter , printmaker
Wolfgang Borchert Germany 20 May 1921 20 November 1947 Playwright Draußen vor der Tür
Angela Brazil United Kingdom 30 November 1868 13 March 1947 Children 's books author
Óscar Castro Zúñiga Chile 29 March 1910 1 October 1947 Writer Llampo de Sangre , Camino en el alba , Comarca del jazmín
Willa Cather United States 7 December 1873 24 April 1947 Writer My Ántonia
Dmitry Censor Russia 22 December 1877 26 December 1947 Poet
George Chatterton-Hill Ireland 1883 12 January 1947 Philosopher Heredity and Selection in Sociology
Édouard Chatton France 11 October 1883 23 April 1947 Biologist
Winston Churchill United States 10 November 1871 12 March 1947 Novelist The Celebrity
Ananda Coomaraswamy United States 22 August 1877 9 September 1947 historian , philosopher The Dance of Shiva
Aleister Crowley United Kingdom 12 October 1875 1 December 1947 Poet List of works
Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years
With the exception of Belarus and Spain ( which is Life + 80 for creators who 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 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1 , 2018 . For previously unpublished material , those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years .
When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2018. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.