Herrmann Gustav Karl Max von Fabeck (6 May 1854 – 16 December 1916) was a Prussian military officer and a German General der Infantarie during World War I.

Subsequently, he commanded several German armies during the war until his evacuation from the front due to illness in 1916 and died on 16 December.

A competent and highly decorated commander, von Fabeck is a recipient of the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's and Germany's highest military honor.

In 1898 he was promoted to colonel and received his first command: the Infanterie-Regiments „Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig“ (Ostfriesisches) Nr.

During the First Battle of Ypres, Fabeck made his move with newly formed 5 divisions with backups of heavy reserve artillery.

[3] In March 1915 von Fabeck briefly commanded the newly formed 11th Army, which was quickly transferred from the Western to the Eastern fronts with whom he fought in Lithuania.

General von Fabeck was awarded the Pour le Mérite for outstanding military leadership during the 1914–15 campaigns in Flanders and northern France,[5] as well as in recognition of successful operational planning in the battles at Mons, Le Cateau and the Ourcq river.

[6] In October 1916 von Fabeck became seriously ill and he committed suicide on 16 December 1916 at Partenkirchen, Kingdom of Bavaria.