diff --git a/src/generate/__tests__/fixtures/contributors.json b/src/generate/__tests__/fixtures/contributors.json
index 7ede43c..ff4a1c4 100644
--- a/src/generate/__tests__/fixtures/contributors.json
+++ b/src/generate/__tests__/fixtures/contributors.json
@@ -34,5 +34,12 @@
     "name": "Wildly Misconfigured",
     "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1500684",
     "contributions": ["plumbis"]
+  },
+  "name_with_quotes": {
+    "login": "namelastname",
+    "name": "Name \"Nickname\" Lastname",
+    "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1500684",
+    "profile": "http://github.com/namelastname",
+    "contributions": ["doc"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/generate/__tests__/format-contributor.js b/src/generate/__tests__/format-contributor.js
index c158cb3..e9ebde8 100644
--- a/src/generate/__tests__/format-contributor.js
+++ b/src/generate/__tests__/format-contributor.js
@@ -87,3 +87,12 @@ test('format contributor with no complete name', () => {
 
   expect(formatContributor(options, contributor)).toBe(expected)
 })
+
+test('format contributor with quotes in name', () => {
+  const contributor = contributors.name_with_quotes
+  const {options} = fixtures()
+
+  const expected =
+    '<a href="http://github.com/namelastname"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1500684?s=150" width="150px;" alt="Name &quot;Nickname&quot; Lastname"/><br /><sub><b>Name &quot;Nickname&quot; Lastname</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors-cli/commits?author=namelastname" title="Documentation">📖</a>'
+  expect(formatContributor(options, contributor)).toBe(expected)
+})
diff --git a/src/generate/format-contributor.js b/src/generate/format-contributor.js
index 9f489f4..5a86e83 100644
--- a/src/generate/format-contributor.js
+++ b/src/generate/format-contributor.js
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ function defaultTemplate(templateData) {
 }
 
 function escapeName(name) {
-  return name.replace(new RegExp('\\|', 'g'), '&#124;')
+  return name
+    .replace(new RegExp('\\|', 'g'), '&#124;')
+    .replace(new RegExp('\\"', 'g'), '&quot;')
 }
 
 module.exports = function formatContributor(options, contributor) {