| Helmut Friebe | |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1894 |
| Allegiance: | (to 1918) (to 1933) |
| Branch: | Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1914–45 |
| Rank: | Generalleutnant |
| Commands: | 125th Infantry Division 22nd Air Landing Division LXIV Army Corps |
| Battles: | World War I----World War II |
| Relations: | Werner Friebe |
| Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Helmut Friebe (4 November 1894 – 14 January 1970) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LXIV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He took up his command in Crete in May 1944 after the kidnap of General Kreipe by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Bill Stanley Moss working with Cretan andartes.
. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.