Neville Longbottom. Introduced in almost the first magical-world scene of The Philosopher's Stone and still around to kill Nagini in one of the final scenes of The Deathly Hallows. Clearly, J.K. knew what she was doing when she created him in the first novel, proof that she had the whole series planned from the start.
Had Voldemort not chosen Harry, it would have been Neville who was the chosen one. Did Rowling have this plan in mind from the moment she wrote The Philosopher's Stone? I'm not sure. But if she didn't, she certainly did a great job of weaving what she wrote in that first book into the finale several years later.
I'll count Neville as one piece of evidence that Rowling had it planned from the start.
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