The most famous person who was said to have done this was Zhuge Liang, chancellor of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. The reason why I worded it like that is because there are many people who have done something like this, but the most famous case - Zhuge Liang's - was likely fictional. While Zhuge Liang was a polymath talented in many regards, his reputation as a master strategist was greatly exaggerated in his afterlife and culminated in his almost magus-like portrayal in the Ming dynasty novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This novel is where you can read much of his celebrated exploits, tales that are common knowledge throughout China, but keep in mind that they are actually legendary or fictional.

That said, historically, Zhuge Liang's reputation when he was alive did give pause to his nemesis Sima Yi when word got out that Zhuge Liang had died during a standoff. Sima Yi decided not to give chase to the retreating army, thinking that Zhuge Liang might have faked his own death to lure him into a trap. Well, Zhuge Liang had actually died, and his army was able to retreat safely. A dead Zhuge Liang drove away a living Sima Yi.