Cerracchio was born on March 14, 1880, in Castelvetere in Val Fortore, Italy.
[2] He designed the bust of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson in the Texas State Capitol and that of Confederate General John A. Wharton in the Texas State Cemetery.
[1] He also designed statues of Albert Einstein and John Nance Garner.
[4] With his wife Marion Kowalski, Cerracchio had a son and a daughter.
[1] Cerracchio died on March 20, 1956, in New York City, at age 76.