diff --git a/.changeset/silver-poets-push.md b/.changeset/silver-poets-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e64915a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-poets-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-github-pull-requests-board': patch
+---
+
+Fixed rendering when PR contains references to deleted Github accounts
diff --git a/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.test.ts b/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b968d68af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { filterSameUser } from './functions';
+
+import { Author } from './types';
+
+const users = [
+  null,
+  {
+    login: 'myuserlogin',
+    avatarUrl: '',
+    id: '',
+    email: '',
+    name: '',
+  },
+  {
+    login: 'anotheruserlogin',
+    avatarUrl: '',
+    id: '',
+    email: '',
+    name: '',
+  },
+  {
+    login: 'myuserlogin',
+    avatarUrl: '',
+    id: '',
+    email: '',
+    name: '',
+  },
+] as Author[];
+
+describe('filterSameUser', () => {
+  it('should return distinct users', () => {
+    expect(filterSameUser(users).length).toEqual(2);
+  });
+
+  // null users a.k.a. Ghost users are accounts that have been deleted
+  it('should contain null user', () => {
+    expect(filterSameUser(users)).not.toContain(null);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.ts b/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.ts
index bfb0e0edc5..69b3ecf794 100644
--- a/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.ts
+++ b/plugins/github-pull-requests-board/src/utils/functions.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ export const getChangeRequests = (reviews: Reviews = []): Reviews => {
 };
 
 export const filterSameUser = (users: Author[]): Author[] => {
-  return users.reduce((acc, curr) => {
+  const filterGhostUsers = (usersToFilter: Author[]): Author[] => {
+    return usersToFilter.filter(user => user !== null);
+  };
+
+  return filterGhostUsers(users).reduce((acc, curr) => {
     const containsUser = acc.find(({ login }) => login === curr.login);
 
     if (!containsUser) {