I don't know who you might be thinking of. Not very many people did.
Rahab, a woman of the night, sheltered 2 spies that were about to report back to Joshua that invading the land we now call Israel was OK. This happened in 2:6 of Joshua. Later on she and her family were spared Joshua 6:25.
Then there is numbers 13 which recounts the story of the 12 spies who were sent into Israel during Moses time. It's hard to tell what to answer.
