diff --git a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
index def30fa31..4fd8eebdd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ class BasePage(object):
 
                 # Note. 'path' already has a filename extension
                 url = self.report.build_url_fname(path, None, self.up)
-                list += self.person_link(url, name, None, gid = gid)
+                list += self.person_link(url, name or _("Unknown"), None, gid = gid)
 
         # return references division to its caller
         return section