diff --git a/ietf/person/templatetags/person_filters.py b/ietf/person/templatetags/person_filters.py
index 017b29c63ad..a7a6e8193a0 100644
--- a/ietf/person/templatetags/person_filters.py
+++ b/ietf/person/templatetags/person_filters.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def person_link(person, **kwargs):
     title = kwargs.get("title", "")
     cls = kwargs.get("class", "")
     with_email = kwargs.get("with_email", True)
+    titlepage_name = kwargs.get("titlepage_name", None)
     if person is not None:
         plain_name = person.plain_name()
         name = (
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def person_link(person, **kwargs):
         return {
             "name": name,
             "plain_name": plain_name,
+            "titlepage_name": titlepage_name,
             "email": email,
             "title": title,
             "class": cls,
diff --git a/ietf/person/templatetags/tests.py b/ietf/person/templatetags/tests.py
index 327cfad6ce6..7c35fd6b695 100644
--- a/ietf/person/templatetags/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/person/templatetags/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright The IETF Trust 2022, All Rights Reserved
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+
 from ietf.person.factories import PersonFactory
 from ietf.utils.test_utils import TestCase
 
@@ -8,7 +10,6 @@
 class PersonLinkTests(TestCase):
     # Tests of the person_link template tag. These assume it is implemented as an
     # inclusion tag.
-    # TODO test that the template actually renders the data in the dict
     def test_person_link(self):
         person = PersonFactory()
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ def test_person_link(self):
             {
                 'name': person.name,
                 'plain_name': person.plain_name(),
+                'titlepage_name': None,
                 'email': person.email_address(),
                 'title': '',
                 'class': '',
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ def test_person_link(self):
             {
                 'name': person.name,
                 'plain_name': person.plain_name(),
+                'titlepage_name': None,
                 'email': person.email_address(),
                 'title': '',
                 'class': '',
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ def test_person_link(self):
             {
                 'name': person.name,
                 'plain_name': person.plain_name(),
+                'titlepage_name': None,
                 'email': person.email_address(),
                 'title': 'Random Title',
                 'class': '',
@@ -50,12 +54,71 @@ def test_person_link(self):
             {
                 'name': person.name,
                 'plain_name': person.plain_name(),
+                'titlepage_name': None,
                 'email': person.email_address(),
                 'title': '',
                 'class': 'some-class',
                 'with_email': True,
             }
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            person_link(person, titlepage_name='G. Surname'),
+            {
+                'name': person.name,
+                'plain_name': person.plain_name(),
+                'titlepage_name': 'G. Surname',
+                'email': person.email_address(),
+                'title': '',
+                'class': '',
+                'with_email': True,
+            }
+        )
+
+    def test_person_link_renders(self):
+        """Verifies person/person_link.html renders context dict values correctly."""
+        person = PersonFactory()
+        name = person.name
+        email = person.email_address()
+        base_context = {
+            'name': name,
+            'plain_name': person.plain_name(),
+            'titlepage_name': None,
+            'email': email,
+            'title': '',
+            'class': '',
+            'with_email': True,
+        }
+
+        # Default: name is used as link text with default title attribute
+        html = render_to_string('person/person_link.html', base_context)
+        self.assertIn(f'>{name}</a>', html)
+        self.assertIn(f'Datatracker profile of {name}', html)
+        self.assertIn('bi-envelope', html)
+
+        # titlepage_name overrides name as link text
+        html = render_to_string('person/person_link.html', {**base_context, 'titlepage_name': 'G. Surname'})
+        self.assertIn('>G. Surname</a>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn(f'>{name}</a>', html)
+
+        # with_email=False suppresses the envelope link
+        html = render_to_string('person/person_link.html', {**base_context, 'with_email': False})
+        self.assertNotIn('bi-envelope', html)
+
+        # Custom title appears in the anchor title attribute
+        html = render_to_string('person/person_link.html', {**base_context, 'title': 'Special Title'})
+        self.assertIn('title="Special Title"', html)
+
+        # Empty context (None person) renders (None)
+        self.assertInHTML(
+            '<span class="text-body-secondary">(None)</span>',
+            render_to_string('person/person_link.html', {}),
+        )
+
+        # System email renders (System)
+        self.assertInHTML(
+            '<span class="text-body-secondary">(System)</span>',
+            render_to_string('person/person_link.html', {'email': 'system@datatracker.ietf.org', 'name': ''}),
+        )
 
     def test_invalid_person(self):
         """Generates correct context dict when input is invalid/missing"""
diff --git a/ietf/templates/doc/document_info.html b/ietf/templates/doc/document_info.html
index d6d8d430719..1666c42ae51 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/doc/document_info.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/doc/document_info.html
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <td>
             {# Implementation that uses the current primary email for each author #}
             {% if doc.pk %}{% for author in doc.author_persons_or_names %}
-                {% if author.person %}{% person_link author.person %}{% else %}{{ author.titlepage_name }}{% endif %}{% if not forloop.last %},{% endif %}
+                {% if author.person %}{% person_link author.person titlepage_name=author.titlepage_name %}{% else %}{{ author.titlepage_name }}{% endif %}{% if not forloop.last %},{% endif %}
             {% endfor %}{% endif %}
             {% if document_html and not snapshot or document_html and doc.rev == latest_rev%}
                 <br>
diff --git a/ietf/templates/person/person_link.html b/ietf/templates/person/person_link.html
index f3f7e1a5b7a..b77fe8d6dfd 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/person/person_link.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/person/person_link.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% if email and email == "system@datatracker.ietf.org" or name and name == "(System)" %}<span class="text-body-secondary">(System)</span>{% else %}<span {% if class %}class="{{ class }}"
       {% endif %}>{% if email or name %}<a {% if class %}class="text-reset"{% endif %}
            title="{% if title %}{{ title }}{% else %}Datatracker profile of {{ name }}{% endif %}"
-           {% if email %} href="{% url 'ietf.person.views.profile' email_or_name=email %}" {% else %} href="{% url 'ietf.person.views.profile' email_or_name=name %}" {% endif %}>{{ name }}</a>{% if email and with_email %} <a {% if class %}class="text-reset"{% endif %}
+           {% if email %} href="{% url 'ietf.person.views.profile' email_or_name=email %}" {% else %} href="{% url 'ietf.person.views.profile' email_or_name=name %}" {% endif %}>{% if titlepage_name %}{{ titlepage_name }}{% else %}{{ name }}{% endif %}</a>{% if email and with_email %} <a {% if class %}class="text-reset"{% endif %}
                href="mailto:{{ email|urlencode }}"
                aria-label="Compose email to {{ email }}"
                title="Compose email to {{ email }}">