 Antonio Lentini, a Newburgh, New York, restaurateur, left Bovalino in 1909 and went to America on the SS San Giovanni out of Naples.He was born in San Vito sullo Ionio, in Calabria, in 1893.The municipality of Bovalino contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bosco S. Ippolito (), Belloro, Russellina, Bricà, S. Nicola, Pozzo, Bovalino Superiore, Biviera, Rosa, and Cipparello.