I see my name in the title when viewing author pages.
wp_title()
runs this code during execution..
// If there's an author
if ( is_author() ) {
$author = get_queried_object();
$title = $author->display_name;
}
Perhaps your author(s) don’t have a display name set?
Additionally be sure to try disabling plugins that may be hooking a filter onto wp_title
and check your theme’s function file for functions that hook on to…