diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.spec.ts
index 9f2f76599a..81c7591334 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ describe(`DSONameService`, () => {
   let service: DSONameService;
   let mockPersonName: string;
   let mockPerson: DSpaceObject;
+  let mockEPersonNameFirst: string;
+  let mockEPersonFirst: DSpaceObject;
+  let mockEPersonName: string;
+  let mockEPerson: DSpaceObject;
   let mockOrgUnitName: string;
   let mockOrgUnit: DSpaceObject;
   let mockDSOName: string;
@@ -25,6 +29,26 @@ describe(`DSONameService`, () => {
       }
     });
 
+    mockEPersonName = 'John Doe';
+    mockEPerson = Object.assign(new DSpaceObject(), {
+      firstMetadataValue(keyOrKeys: string | string[], valueFilter?: MetadataValueFilter): string {
+        return mockEPersonName;
+      },
+      getRenderTypes(): (string | GenericConstructor<ListableObject>)[] {
+        return ['EPerson', Item, DSpaceObject];
+      },
+    });
+
+    mockEPersonNameFirst = 'John';
+    mockEPersonFirst = Object.assign(new DSpaceObject(), {
+      firstMetadataValue(keyOrKeys: string | string[], valueFilter?: MetadataValueFilter): string {
+        return mockEPersonNameFirst;
+      },
+      getRenderTypes(): (string | GenericConstructor<ListableObject>)[] {
+        return ['EPerson', Item, DSpaceObject];
+      },
+    });
+
     mockOrgUnitName = 'Molecular Spectroscopy';
     mockOrgUnit = Object.assign(new DSpaceObject(), {
       firstMetadataValue(keyOrKeys: string | string[], valueFilter?: MetadataValueFilter): string {
@@ -67,6 +91,15 @@ describe(`DSONameService`, () => {
       expect(result).toBe('Bingo!');
     });
 
+    it(`should use the EPerson factory for EPerson objects`, () => {
+      spyOn((service as any).factories, 'EPerson').and.returnValue('Bingo!');
+
+      const result = service.getName(mockEPerson);
+
+      expect((service as any).factories.EPerson).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEPerson);
+      expect(result).toBe('Bingo!');
+    });
+
     it(`should use the Default factory for regular DSpaceObjects`, () => {
       spyOn((service as any).factories, 'Default').and.returnValue('Bingo!');
 
@@ -107,6 +140,35 @@ describe(`DSONameService`, () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe(`factories.EPerson`, () => {
+    describe(`with eperson.firstname and without eperson.lastname`, () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(mockEPerson, 'firstMetadataValue').and.returnValues(...mockEPersonName.split(' '));
+      });
+
+      it(`should return 'eperson.firstname' and 'eperson.lastname'`, () => {
+        const result = (service as any).factories.EPerson(mockEPerson);
+        expect(result).toBe(mockEPersonName);
+        expect(mockEPerson.firstMetadataValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith('eperson.firstname');
+        expect(mockEPerson.firstMetadataValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith('eperson.lastname');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe(` with eperson.firstname and without eperson.lastname`, () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(mockEPersonFirst, 'firstMetadataValue').and.returnValues(mockEPersonNameFirst, undefined);
+      });
+
+      it(`should return 'eperson.firstname'`, () => {
+        const result = (service as any).factories.EPerson(mockEPersonFirst);
+        expect(result).toBe(mockEPersonNameFirst);
+        expect(mockEPersonFirst.firstMetadataValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith('eperson.firstname');
+        expect(mockEPersonFirst.firstMetadataValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith('eperson.lastname');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+
   describe(`factories.OrgUnit`, () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       spyOn(mockOrgUnit, 'firstMetadataValue').and.callThrough();
diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/models/eperson.model.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/models/eperson.model.ts
index 08b36dd78d..c985812411 100644
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/models/eperson.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/models/eperson.model.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class EPerson extends DSpaceObject {
   public groups?: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>>;
 
   getRenderTypes(): (string | GenericConstructor<ListableObject>)[] {
-    return [this.constructor.name, ...super.getRenderTypes()];
+    return ['EPerson', this.constructor.name, ...super.getRenderTypes()];
   }
 
 }