Vincenzo Sellaro, (April 24, 1868 – November 28, 1932), was the founder of the Order of the Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the largest Italian American Organization in the United States.
[1] Sellaro founded the "Figli d'Italia in America" to help Italian Americans work with one another to better their social, civic, and personal standing in society.
He earned a medical degree from the University of Naples Federico II in 1895 and immigrated to the United States in 1897.
[2] After arriving in New York City he cared primarily for Italian immigrants, many of them who spoke little or no English.
[3] Sellaro died at the age of 64 on November 28, 1932 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, where his grave is maintained with a small Italian flag that is placed next to his headstone.